Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2006-03-14T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:34:14.828Z

Reserved: 2006-01-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-0457

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-03-14T02:02:00.000

Modified: 2018-10-03T21:35:32.963

Link: CVE-2006-0457

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2006-02-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-0457 - Bugzilla