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Re: COSEINC Linux Advisory #1: Linux Kernel Parent Process Death Signal Vulnerability Aug 15 2007 03:23PM
Glynn Clements (glynn gclements plus com)

Dan Yefimov wrote:

> > An unprivileged local user may send arbitrary signal to a child process
> > despite security restrictions.

> I'm not sure this is a real security issue. If some process has the same
> effective UID as the given one, the former can always send any signal to the
> latter. T...

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