CVE-2010-0622

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-02-15
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The wake_futex_pi function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not properly handle certain unlock operations for a Priority Inheritance (PI) futex, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving modification of the futex value from user space.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0504	2010-07-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0504	2010-07-01
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-194.8.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0504	2010-07-01