CVE-2005-0937

Severity

12%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

48%

Some futex functions in futex.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x perform get_user calls while holding the mmap_sem semaphore, which could allow local users to cause a deadlock condition in do_page_fault by triggering get_user faults while another thread is executing mmap or other functions.

Some futex functions in futex.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x perform get_user calls while holding the mmap_sem semaphore, which could allow local users to cause a deadlock condition in do_page_fault by triggering get_user faults while another thread is executing mmap or other functions.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Linux Kernel

First reported 20 years ago

2005-02-22 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-19 15:31:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.5.0

2.5.0

Linux Kernel 2.5.1

2.5.1

Linux Kernel 2.5.2

2.5.2

Linux Kernel 2.5.3

2.5.3

Linux Kernel 2.5.4

2.5.4

Linux Kernel 2.5.5

2.5.5

Linux Kernel 2.5.6

2.5.6

Linux Kernel 2.5.7

2.5.7

Linux Kernel 2.5.8

2.5.8

Linux Kernel 2.5.9

2.5.9

Linux Kernel 2.5.10

2.5.10

Linux Kernel 2.5.11

2.5.11

Linux Kernel 2.5.12

2.5.12

Linux Kernel 2.5.13

2.5.13

Linux Kernel 2.5.14

2.5.14

Linux Kernel 2.5.15

2.5.15

Linux Kernel 2.5.16

2.5.16

Linux Kernel 2.5.17

2.5.17

Linux Kernel 2.5.18

2.5.18

Linux Kernel 2.5.19

2.5.19

Linux Kernel 2.5.20

2.5.20

Linux Kernel 2.5.21

2.5.21

Linux Kernel 2.5.22

2.5.22

Linux Kernel 2.5.23

2.5.23

Linux Kernel 2.5.24

2.5.24

Linux Kernel 2.5.25

2.5.25

Linux Kernel 2.5.26

2.5.26

Linux Kernel 2.5.27

2.5.27

Linux Kernel 2.5.28

2.5.28

Linux Kernel 2.5.29

2.5.29

Linux Kernel 2.5.30

2.5.30

Linux Kernel 2.5.31

2.5.31

Linux Kernel 2.5.32

2.5.32

Linux Kernel 2.5.33

2.5.33

Linux Kernel 2.5.34

2.5.34

Linux Kernel 2.5.35

2.5.35

Linux Kernel 2.5.36

2.5.36

Linux Kernel 2.5.37

2.5.37

Linux Kernel 2.5.38

2.5.38

Linux Kernel 2.5.39

2.5.39

Linux Kernel 2.5.40

2.5.40

Linux Kernel 2.5.41

2.5.41

Linux Kernel 2.5.42

2.5.42

Linux Kernel 2.5.43

2.5.43

Linux Kernel 2.5.44

2.5.44

Linux Kernel 2.5.45

2.5.45

Linux Kernel 2.5.46

2.5.46

Linux Kernel 2.5.47

2.5.47

Linux Kernel 2.5.48

2.5.48

Linux Kernel 2.5.49

2.5.49

Linux Kernel 2.5.50

2.5.50

Linux Kernel 2.5.51

2.5.51

Linux Kernel 2.5.52

2.5.52

Linux Kernel 2.5.53

2.5.53

Linux Kernel 2.5.54

2.5.54

Linux Kernel 2.5.55

2.5.55

Linux Kernel 2.5.56

2.5.56

Linux Kernel 2.5.57

2.5.57

Linux Kernel 2.5.58

2.5.58

Linux Kernel 2.5.59

2.5.59

Linux Kernel 2.5.60

2.5.60

Linux Kernel 2.5.61

2.5.61

Linux Kernel 2.5.62

2.5.62

Linux Kernel 2.5.63

2.5.63

Linux Kernel 2.5.64

2.5.64

Linux Kernel 2.5.65

2.5.65

Linux Kernel 2.5.66

2.5.66

Linux Kernel 2.5.67

2.5.67

Linux Kernel 2.5.68

2.5.68

Linux Kernel 2.5.69

2.5.69

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test1

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test10

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test11

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test2

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test3

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test4

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test5

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test6

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test7

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test8

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6 test9

2.6.0

Linux Kernel 2.6.1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 1

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.1 Release Candidate 2

2.6.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.2

2.6.2

Linux Kernel 2.6.3

2.6.3

Linux Kernel 2.6.4

2.6.4

Linux Kernel 2.6.5

2.6.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.6

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.6 Release Candidate 1

2.6.6

Linux Kernel 2.6.7

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.7 Release Candidate 1

2.6.7

Linux Kernel 2.6.8

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 1

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 2

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.8 Release Candidate 3

2.6.8

Linux Kernel 2.6.10

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Release Candidate 2

2.6.10

Linux Kernel 2.6.11

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 2

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 3

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11 Release Candidate 4

2.6.11

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.5

2.6.11.5

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.6

2.6.11.6

References

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@421cfc11zFsK9gxvSJ2t__FCmuUd3Q

Vendor Advisory

http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/22/123

Patch, Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2005:420

FLSA:157459-3

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10037

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