High severity · published May 7, 2010
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…
7.0
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 2.6.34; 2.6.34; 2.6.34; 2.6.34; 2.6.34; 2.6.34 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
5.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension · Suse
11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
11.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1437
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1437
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127192182917857&w=2
Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127274294622730&w=2
Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127292492727029&w=2
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40218
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