VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-0937

CVSS score1.2 LOW
EPSS probability0.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-02-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Some futex functions in futex.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x perform get_user calls while holding the mmap_sem semaphore, which could allow local users to cause a deadlock condition in do_page_fault by triggering get_user faults while another thread is executing mmap or other functions.

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