CVE-2006-3634

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

The (1) __futex_atomic_op and (2) futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic functions in Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc4 to 2.6.18-rc2 perform the atomic futex operation in the kernel address space instead of the user address space, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

The (1) __futex_atomic_op and (2) futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic functions in Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc4 to 2.6.18-rc2 perform the atomic futex operation in the kernel address space instead of the user address space, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Linux Kernel

First reported 18 years ago

2006-08-04 23:04:00

Last updated 14 years ago

2011-01-19 05:00:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.17 Release Candidate 4

2.6.17

Linux Kernel 2.6.17 Release Candidate 5

2.6.17

Linux Kernel 2.6.17 Release Candidate 6

2.6.17

Linux Kernel 2.6.18 Release Candidate 1

2.6.18

Linux Kernel 2.6.18 Release Candidate 2

2.6.18

References

http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3634

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bafe00cc9297ca77b66e5c83e5e65e17c0c997c8

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