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CVE-2010-1437

HIGH CVSS: 7.0 Published: 2010-05-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxSuse Linux Enterprise DesktopOpensuse OpensuseLinux Linux KernelSuse Linux Enterprise High Availability ExtensionSuse Linux Enterprise Server

Weakness Type

CWE-362, CWE-416

References