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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2053-1 New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several issues
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-966-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T01:21:19.167Z

Reserved: 2010-04-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2010-1437

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-05-07T18:30:01.563

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-1437

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-04-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-1437 - Bugzilla

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