CVE-2010-0623

medium

Published 2010-02-15 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.9

Description

The futex_lock_pi function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not properly manage a certain reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors involving an unmount of an ext3 filesystem.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
2.6.33	Affected	—
—	Affected	`2.6.33`

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
11.2	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9.10	Affected	—
9.04	Affected	—
8.10	Affected	—
8.04	Affected	—
6.06	Affected	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.