National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0028

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771764

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771764

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120508 Re: CVE Request -- kernel: futex: clear robust_list on execve

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/1

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28

Hyperlink:http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28