CVE-2006-3634

CVE-2006-3634 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The (1) __futex_atomic_op and (2) futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic functions in Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc4 to 2.6.18-rc2 perform the atomic futex operation in the kernel address space instead of the user address space, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

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