CVE-2010-0623 (GCVE-0-2010-0623)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-02-15 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:52
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2010-02-03 00:00
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