CVE-2014-0205

medium

Description

The futex_wait function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly maintain a certain reference count during requeue operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers a zero count.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094455

http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.37

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7ada876a8703f23befbb20a7465a702ee39b1704

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1365.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1763.html

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ada876a8703f23befbb20a7465a702ee39b1704

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2014-09-28

Updated: 2023-02-13

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: MEDIUM