CVE-2011-1182

low

Published 2013-03-01 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.6

Description

kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 allows local users to spoof the uid and pid of a signal sender via a sigqueueinfo system call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`2.6.39`

Red Hat Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
5.6	Affected	—
5.0	Affected	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.