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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-0937 |
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2005-0937 |
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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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CVE Status: Candidate |
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References: REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10037 MISC http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/22/123 FEDORA http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded CONFIRM http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@421cfc11zFsK9gxvSJ2t__FCmuUd3Q |
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