CVE-2012-0028

high

Published 2012-06-21 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

7.2

VIR risk

7.2

Description

The robust futex implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not properly handle processes that make exec system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by writing to a memory location in a child process.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
linux-kernel		affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.1	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.2	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.3	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.4	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.5	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.6	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.7	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.8	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.9	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.10	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.11	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.12	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.13	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.14	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.15	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.16	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.17	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.18	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.19	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.20	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.21	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.22	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.23	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.24	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.25	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.26	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.27	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.28	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.29	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.30	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.31	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.32	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.33	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.34	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.35	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.36	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.37	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.38	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.39	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.40	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.41	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.42	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.43	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.44	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.45	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.46	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.47	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.48	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.49	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.50	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.51	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.52	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.53	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.54	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.55	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.56	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.57	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.58	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.59	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.60	affected
linux-kernel	2.6.27.61	affected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.