CVE-2010-0623

CVE-2010-0623 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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