ghsa-gx25-2frw-gvqr
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Published
2022-05-13 01:23
Modified
2022-05-13 01:23
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2010-2960",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-476",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2010-09-08T20:00:00Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-gx25-2frw-gvqr",
   modified: "2022-05-13T01:23:55Z",
   published: "2022-05-13T01:23:55Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2960",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627440",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61557",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://secunia.com/advisories/41263",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22777866582",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/02/1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42932",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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