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  "id": "CVE-2010-4248",
  "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
  "published": "2010-11-30T21:38:23.727",
  "lastModified": "2023-02-13T04:28:23.927",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "value": "Race condition in the __exit_signal function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37-rc2 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors related to multithreaded exec, the use of a thread group leader in kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c, and the selection of a new thread group leader in the de_thread function in fs/exec.c."
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    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Una condici\u00f3n de carrera en la funci\u00f3n __exit_signal en kernel/exit.c en el kernel de Linux anterior a v2.6.37-rc2 permite a usuarios locales causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio a trav\u00e9s de vectores relacionados con un exec con multiples hilos, el uso de un l\u00edder de grupo de hilos en kernel/posix- CPU-timers.c, y la selecci\u00f3n de un l\u00edder de grupo de hilos en la funci\u00f3n de_thread en fs/exec.c"
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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