CVE-2010-1437

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.24%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/27/2 mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html vendor advisory mailing list
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127292492727029&w=2 mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9715 signature vdb entry broken link
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94664/ patch broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58254 third party advisory vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127192182917857&w=2 exploit mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315 third party advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127274294622730&w=2 exploit mailing list
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94038/ broken link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/2 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/40218 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094 patch issue tracking exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 vendor advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39719 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded broken link mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 vdb entry broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1437?
CVE-2010-1437 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1437?
To fix CVE-2010-1437, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-1437 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1437 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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