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CVE-2010-2960

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2010-09-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The keyctl_session_to_parent function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.35.4 and earlier expects that a certain parent session keyring exists, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT argument to the keyctl function.

Affected Platforms

Suse Suse Linux Enterprise ServerLinux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxSuse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References