CVE-2012-6647
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The futex_wait_requeue_pi function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5.1 does not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-6493)
- Published
- May 26, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-6493 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f7b0a2a5c0fb03be7c25bd1745baa50582348ef
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1097746
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6f7b0a2a5c0fb03be7c25bd1745baa50582348ef
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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