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CVE-2010-1437
Published: May 7, 2010
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20100427 CVE request - kernel: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
SUSE-SA:2010:031
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[linux-kernel] 20100503 Re: [PATCH 2/7] KEYS: find_keyring_by_name() can gain access to a freed keyring
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9715
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94664/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
kernel-findkeyringbyname-dos(58254)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
[linux-kernel] 20100422 [PATCH 0/1][BUG][IMPORTANT] KEYRINGS: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
RHSA-2010:0474
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
40645
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
43315
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[linux-kernel] 20100430 [PATCH 2/7] KEYS: find_keyring_by_name() can gain access to a freed keyring
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94038/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20100427 Re: CVE request - kernel: find_keyring_by_name() can gain the freed keyring
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
40218
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-2053
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
39719
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
39830
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2010-1857
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
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