Bug 1440877 (CVE-2017-7319)

Summary: CVE-2017-7319 kernel: Sending SIGIO signal to any process via fcntl
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: agordeev, aquini, bhu, dhoward, dominik.mierzejewski, esammons, fhrbata, gansalmon, hwkernel-mgr, iboverma, ichavero, itamar, jforbes, jkacur, jonathan, jross, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, labbott, lgoncalv, lwang, madhu.chinakonda, matt, mchehab, mcressma, meissner, mguzik, nmurray, pholasek, plougher, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, slawomir, vdronov, williams
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[REJECTED CVE] A vulnerability in the Linux kernel package 3.16.0-28 allows any user to send a SIGIO signal to any process. If the process does not catch or ignore the signal, it will exit.
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 16:23:00 UTC
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel package 3.16.0-28 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS allows any user to send a SIGIO signal to any process. If the process does not catch or ignore the signal, it will exit.

External References:

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142008/Linux-Kernel-Ubuntu-14.04-LTS-SIGIO-Signal.html

Comment 1 Vladis Dronov 2017-05-03 10:26:11 UTC
Statement:

MITRE has rejected this CVE as the flaw was not confirmed:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7319

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033438#c4

None of the Red Hat products is vulnerable to this not-a-flaw.