CVE-2010-0623

Description

The futex_lock_pi function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not properly manage a certain reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors involving an unmount of an ext3 filesystem.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/2

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088

http://secunia.com/advisories/38922

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ecb01cfdf96c5f465192bdb2a4fd4a61a24c6cc

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14256

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3