Overview
- Description
- A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s futex implementation. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt system memory or escalate their privileges when creating a futex on a filesystem that is about to be unmounted. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.6
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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