CVE-2012-0028
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 21, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 7, 2011
Description
The robust futex implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not properly handle processes that make exec system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by writing to a memory location in a child process.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771764
- [oss-security] 20120508 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: futex: clear robust_list on execvemailing-list
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28
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