Medium severity4.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 26, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-35508
CVE-2020-35508
Description
A flaw possibility of race condition and incorrect initialization of the process id was found in the Linux kernel child/parent process identification handling while filtering signal handlers. A local attacker is able to abuse this flaw to bypass checks to send any signal to a privileged process.
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Affected products
27- Linux/Linux kerneldescription
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- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.12
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:a700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:brocade_fabric_operating_system_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas8300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:fas8700_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:aff_a400_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h610c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h610s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h615c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
3- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b4e00444cab4c3f3fec876dc0cccc8cbb0d1a948nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210513-0006/nvdThird Party Advisory
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