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high 7.2

CVE-2012-0028 json

The robust futex implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not properly handle processes that make exec system calls, which all…

published 2012-06-21 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0068

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 5 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5
  • kernel-debuginfo-common RHEL 5 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5
  • kernel RHEL 5.6 EUS 2.6.18-238.35.1.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5.6 EUS 2.6.18-238.35.1.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5.6 EUS 2.6.18-238.35.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0358RHSA-2012:0107

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-0028 updated cvss 6.2

kernel: futex: clear robust_list on execve

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-274.18.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0107
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) kernel 2.6.18-238.35.1.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-238.35.1.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-238.35.1.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-238.35.1.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-238.35.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0358
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.