Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2005-0937

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (27.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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