CVE-2010-0623

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0623
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-15 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 - All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.33 rc6 All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-914-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:088 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Broken Link
oss-security - Re: CVE request - kernel: futex: Handle user space corruption gracefully af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug 14256 – kernel BUG at fs/ext3/super.c:435 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for linux and linux-source-2.6.15 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-12Vincent DanenNot vulnerable. This security issue did not affect the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG, as they do not include the upstream change that introduced this flaw.

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