CVE-2005-0178

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-03-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in the setsid function in Linux before 2.6.8.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly access portions of kernel memory, related to TTY changes, locking, and semaphores.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+266)
Netkit Linux Netkit: 0.17, 0.17.17
Vserver Linux-Vserver: 1.20, 1.21, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000930
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4041ddda70CWJb5nNL71T4MOlG2sMG8A
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110846102231365&w=2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-092.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12598
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10647
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000930
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4041ddda70CWJb5nNL71T4MOlG2sMG8A
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=110846102231365&w=2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-092.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12598
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10647

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