VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-0028

high
Published 2012-06-21 · 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
7.2

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.

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.

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OS impact
linux Linux kernel Affected 63 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
2.6.27.61 Affected —
2.6.27.60 Affected —
2.6.27.59 Affected —
2.6.27.58 Affected —
2.6.27.57 Affected —
2.6.27.56 Affected —
2.6.27.55 Affected —
2.6.27.54 Affected —
2.6.27.53 Affected —
2.6.27.52 Affected —
2.6.27.51 Affected —
2.6.27.50 Affected —
2.6.27.49 Affected —
2.6.27.48 Affected —
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2.6.27.46 Affected —
2.6.27.45 Affected —
2.6.27.44 Affected —
2.6.27.43 Affected —
2.6.27.42 Affected —
2.6.27.41 Affected —
2.6.27.40 Affected —
2.6.27.39 Affected —
2.6.27.38 Affected —
2.6.27.37 Affected —
2.6.27.36 Affected —
2.6.27.35 Affected —
2.6.27.34 Affected —
2.6.27.33 Affected —
2.6.27.32 Affected —
2.6.27.31 Affected —
2.6.27.30 Affected —
2.6.27.29 Affected —
2.6.27.28 Affected —
2.6.27.27 Affected —
2.6.27.26 Affected —
2.6.27.25 Affected —
2.6.27.24 Affected —
2.6.27.23 Affected —
2.6.27.22 Affected —
2.6.27.21 Affected —
2.6.27.20 Affected —
2.6.27.19 Affected —
2.6.27.18 Affected —
2.6.27.17 Affected —
2.6.27.16 Affected —
2.6.27.15 Affected —
2.6.27.14 Affected —
2.6.27.13 Affected —
2.6.27.12 Affected —
2.6.27.11 Affected —
2.6.27.10 Affected —
2.6.27.9 Affected —
2.6.27.8 Affected —
2.6.27.7 Affected —
2.6.27.6 Affected —
2.6.27.5 Affected —
2.6.27.4 Affected —
2.6.27.3 Affected —
2.6.27.2 Affected —
2.6.27.1 Affected —
2.6.27 Affected —
— Affected —

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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

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