CVE-2010-0622

CVE-2010-0622 · LOW Severity

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

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.

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