CVE catalog

CVE-2007-3848

kernel-source-2.4.27 - several vulnerabilities

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Unknown
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.36% · Oct 25, 2026

Linux kernel 2.4.35 and other versions allows local users to send arbitrary signals to a child process that is running at higher privileges by causing a setuid-root parent process to die, which delivers an attacker-controlled parent process death signal (PR_SET_PDEATHSIG). Privilege escalation via PR_SET_PDEATHSIG

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge1vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge2vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge3vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge4vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge5vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge6vulnerable
Debiankernel-source-2.4.273.12.4.27-10sarge7fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiankernel-source-2.4.27deb3.12.4.27-10sarge7Not reportedDSA-1503-2Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

No matching packages in this catalog.

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