CVE-2010-1437

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: May 7, 2010 at 06:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxopenSUSE

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (21)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40218
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362CWE-416

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