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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2010-0623
Created:March 17, 2010 Updated:May 3, 2010
Description: The kernel prior to version 2.6.33-rc7 does not properly manage futex reference counts, enabling local users to force a kernel oops.
Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2010:088 2010-04-30
Pardus 2010-48 2010-04-09
SuSE SUSE-SA:2010:018 2010-03-22
Ubuntu USN-914-1 2010-03-17
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