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CVE-2010-0623

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2010-02-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The futex_lock_pi function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not properly manage a certain reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors involving an unmount of an ext3 filesystem.

Affected Platforms

Opensuse OpensuseLinux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References