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CVE-2010-1437

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Date: May 7, 2010

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (25)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/27/2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127292492727029&w=2
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40218
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127274294622730&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58254
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127192182917857&w=2
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-1437
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9715
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94038/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1437
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94664/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1437
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39719
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-1437

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

Use After Free

CWE-416

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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