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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.38% · top 67% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• USN-914-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 38905 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100209 CVE request - kernel: futex: Handle user space corruption gracefully (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0638 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-1804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 38779 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:088 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563091 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 38922 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51246bfd189064079c54421507236fd2723b18f3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2010:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 43315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9655 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 39033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100211 Re: CVE request - kernel: futex: Handle user space corruption gracefully (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• DSA-2005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 00:52 UTC.