security flaw
Published Mar 30, 2005
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.6
- 2.5.7
- 2.5.8
- 2.5.9
- 2.5.10
- 2.5.11
- 2.5.12
- 2.5.13
- 2.5.14
- 2.5.15
- 2.5.16
- 2.5.17
- 2.5.18
- 2.5.19
- 2.5.20
- 2.5.21
- 2.5.22
- 2.5.23
- 2.5.24
- 2.5.25
- 2.5.26
- 2.5.27
- 2.5.28
- 2.5.29
- 2.5.30
- 2.5.31
- 2.5.32
- 2.5.33
- 2.5.34
- 2.5.35
- 2.5.36
- 2.5.37
- 2.5.38
- 2.5.39
- 2.5.40
- 2.5.41
- 2.5.42
- 2.5.43
- 2.5.44
- 2.5.45
- 2.5.46
- 2.5.47
- 2.5.48
- 2.5.49
- 2.5.50
- 2.5.51
- 2.5.52
- 2.5.53
- 2.5.54
- 2.5.55
- 2.5.56
- 2.5.57
- 2.5.58
- 2.5.59
- 2.5.60
- 2.5.61
- 2.5.62
- 2.5.63
- 2.5.64
- 2.5.65
- 2.5.66
- 2.5.67
- 2.5.68
- 2.5.69
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6_test9_cvs
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-11.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2005:420
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-11.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2005:420 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 25.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 26.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 16.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 53.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40421cfc11zFsK9gxvSJ2t__FCmuUd3Q x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/22/123 x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0937 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617588 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0937
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10037 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0937
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40421cfc11zFsK9gxvSJ2t__FCmuUd3Q | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/2/22/123 | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-420.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0937 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617588 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0937 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10037 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0937 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.