PT-2014-2415 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Prasad Pandit · Published 2014-05-26 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-6647

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 3.5.1

Description The issue is related to the futex wait requeue pi function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly validate futex addresses. This can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash, or potentially have other unspecified impacts through a crafted FUTEX WAIT REQUEUE PI command.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.5.1, update to version 3.5.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CESA-2014_0981

CVE-2012-6647

RHSA-2014:0981

RHSA-2014_0981

SUSE-SU-2014_0807-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1

USN-1579-1

USN-1580-1

USN-1651-1

USN-1653-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 25

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/android/local/futex_requeue.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/timwr/CVE-2014-3153 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/android-rooting-tools/libfutex_exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/lieanu/CVE-2014-3153 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/elongl/CVE-2014-3153 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/zerodavinci/CVE-2014-3153-exploit · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/tempbottle/CVE-2014-0196 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6647 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6647 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1580-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6647 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1651-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0981.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1579-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6647 · Vendor Advisory