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CVE-2013-1792
Published: Mar 22, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Race condition in the install_user_keyrings function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via crafted keyctl system calls that trigger keyring operations in simultaneous threads.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
USN-1796-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2013:1187
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
MDVSA-2013:176
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
USN-1797-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-1788-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
[oss-security] 20130307 CVE-2013-1792 Linux kernel: KEYS: race with concurrent install_user_keyrings()
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
USN-1793-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-1792-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916646
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.3
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-1794-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2013:0744
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-1795-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-1787-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
openSUSE-SU-2014:0204
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-1798-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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