CVE-2010-1437
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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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Statement
This issue did not affect the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3. Future kernel updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG will address this issue.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel) | RHSA-2010:0504 | 2010-07-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (kernel) | RHSA-2010:0474 | 2010-06-15 |
| MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2010:0631 | 2010-08-17 |
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