CVE-2010-0622 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0622?

CVE-2010-0622 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Feb 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The wake_futex_pi function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33-rc7 does not properly handle certain unlock operations for a Priority Inheritance (PI) futex, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving modification of the futex value from user space.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0622?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0622?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2010-0622 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-prrj-m673-5r3j.