CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-0623
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-02-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.33)
• linux linux kernel 2.6.33
• opensuse opensuse 11.2
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-911 Improper Update of Reference Count weakness
References
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14256 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ecb01cfdf96c5f465192bdb2a4fd4a61a24c6cc git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38922 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc7 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638 Third Party Advisory
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14256 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ecb01cfdf96c5f465192bdb2a4fd4a61a24c6cc git.kernel.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38922 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc7 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638 Third Party Advisory