CVE-2005-3847: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The handle_stop_signal function in signal.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11 up to other versions before 2.6.13 and 2.6.12.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by sending a SIGKILL to a real-time threaded process while it is performing a core dump.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.1 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.11, before 2.6.13 (fixed in 2.6.13)

Published 2005-11-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.