PT-2010-2379 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Jermome Marchand + 1 · Published 2010-02-15 · Updated 2020-08-14 · CVE-2010-0623

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.33-rc7

Description The issue is related to the futex lock pi function in kernel/futex.c, which does not properly manage a certain reference count. This allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving an unmount of an ext3 filesystem.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.33-rc7, update to version 2.6.33-rc7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0623

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 10

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0623 · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc7 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ecb01cfdf96c5f465192bdb2a4fd4a61a24c6cc · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/2 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38922 · Note