CVE-2010-0622
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.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51246bfd189064079c54421507236fd2723b18f3
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779