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.

Date published : 2005-03-30

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@421cfc11zFsK9gxvSJ2t__FCmuUd3Q

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded