Security Advisory

CVE-2012-0028

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2012-06-21 23:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 18:09:17
Assigner redhat
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The robust futex implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not properly handle processes that make exec system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by writing to a memory location in a child process.