description: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s futex implementation. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt system memory or escalate their privileges when creating a futex on a filesystem that is about to be unmounted. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
problem types: CWE-416
affected:
{
product: kernel
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: Linux kernel 5.6-rc6
}