CVE-2010-1437

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.

CVSS v3.1

7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 49th percentile

Published

2010-05-07

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33886

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2010-1431
• CVE-2010-1453
• CVE-2010-1429
• CVE-2010-1457
• CVE-2010-1423
• CVE-2010-1458