CVE-2012-6647

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 3.5.1

Description The issue is related to the futex wait requeue pi function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly validate futex addresses. This can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash, or potentially have other unspecified impacts through a crafted FUTEX WAIT REQUEUE PI command.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 3.5.1, update to version 3.5.1 or later to resolve the issue.