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Linux kernel privilege escalation
Published:25.02.2010
Source:CVE
SecurityVulns ID:10643
Type:local
Level:5/10
Description:Privilege escalation with wake_futex_pi function.
Affected:LINUX : kernel 2.6
CVE:CVE-2010-0622 (The wake_futex_pi function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not properly handle certain unlock operations for a Priority Inheritance (PI) futex, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving modification of the futex value from user space.)
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