CVE-2006-3634

Linux Kernel 2.6.17-rc4-2.6.18-rc2 - Denial of Service via Futex Atomic Operations

Title source: llm

Description

The (1) __futex_atomic_op and (2) futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic functions in Linux kernel 2.6.17-rc4 to 2.6.18-rc2 perform the atomic futex operation in the kernel address space instead of the user address space, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bafe00cc9297ca77b66e5c83e5e65e17c0c997c8

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3634

Scores

EPSS 0.0034

EPSS Percentile 26.4%

Details

Status published

Products (2)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.17 rc4 (3 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.18 rc1 (2 CPE variants)

Published Aug 04, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026