CVE-2010-0622
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Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc7
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