CVE-2012-0028

The robust futex implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not properly handle processes that make exec system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by writing to a memory location in a child process.

🔗 References (10)

• secalert@redhathttp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28
• secalert@redhathttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7
• secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/1
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771764
• secalert@redhathttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/1
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771764
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7