| Revision Date: | 2013-04-29 | Version: | 11 |
| Title: | 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. |
| Description: | 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. |
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Status: | ACCEPTED | Reference(s): | CVE-2005-0937
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| Platform(s): | CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
| Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis |
| RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
OR CentOS Linux 4.x
OR Oracle Linux 4.x
AND Configuration section
kernel-smp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-11.EL
OR kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.6.9-11.EL
OR kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-11.EL
OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-11.EL
OR kernel-hugemem-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-11.EL
OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.9-11.EL
OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-11.EL
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