Vulnerability CVE-2010-3086
Published: 2011-01-14   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
include/asm-x86/futex.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 does not properly implement exception fixup, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via an invalid application that triggers a page fault.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
linux 2.6.24.7 kernel panic via futex
taviso
19.01.2011

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Kernel -> Linux 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=9d55b9923a1b7ea8193b8875c57ec940dc2ff027
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/2/6/752194/thread
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00004.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128935856605589&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024709
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0839.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429412
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633170
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