Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-0622
Published: February 15, 2010 / Updated: October 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU93702
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0622
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the wake_futex_pi() function in kernel/futex.c. A local user can perform service disruption.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-0622
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=51246bfd189064079c54421507236fd2723b18f3
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035070.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38922
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.33-rc7
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:088
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:198
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/09/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/11/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0638
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563091
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9655