CVE

Id
12143  
CVE No.
CVE-2005-0937  
Status
Candidate  
Description
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20050330)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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