cve-2011-4110
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-01-27 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:01
Severity ?
Summary
The user_update function in security/keys/user_defined.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and kernel oops) via vectors related to a user-defined key and "updating a negative key into a fully instantiated key."
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/47754
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/21/19
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/5
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/22/6
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50755
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1324-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1328-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1344-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751297Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/15/363Exploit
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