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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2010-1437 EUVD-2010-1465GHSA-mrjp-428h-53c5

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 user…

Published May 7, 2010 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 5.0 linux-2.6 2.6.26-22lenny1 DSA-2053-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 5 kernel +11 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 RHSA-2010:0504
RHEL 4 kernel +10 2.6.9-89.0.26.EL RHSA-2010:0474
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat MRG 1 kernel-rt +10 2.6.24.7-161.el5rt RHSA-2010:0631

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 4

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