Bug 1440877 (CVE-2017-7319) - CVE-2017-7319 kernel: Sending SIGIO signal to any process via fcntl
Summary: CVE-2017-7319 kernel: Sending SIGIO signal to any process via fcntl
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-7319
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1440881
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Reported: 2017-04-10 16:23 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2025-08-20 10:44 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-05-03 10:28:10 UTC
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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.
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