CVE-2010-5328: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

include/linux/init_task.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not prevent signals with a process group ID of zero from reaching the swapper process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to this process group.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 2.6.34.7

Published 2017-02-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.