CVE-2010-5328
kernel: Processes having the same group as `init` can crash kernel
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · May 27, 2010
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
A process that is in the same process group as the ''init'' process (group id zero) can crash the Linux kernel with several system calls by passing in a process ID or process group ID of zero; a special value that indicates the current process ID or process group.
Statement
This flaw affects Red Hat Enteprise Linux 5 and 6 and is not able to be exploited in the default configuration. Administrators would need to replace the init daemon with alternative systems to exploit this system crash correctly.
No update is planned to be released for this flaw.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 · 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CWE-456 · Missing Initialization of a Variable