FKIE_CVE-2006-1522
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-04-10 20:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:23
Severity
Summary
The sys_add_key function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, which causes an invalid dereference in the __keyring_search_one function.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.16.1 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.17 |
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