CVE-2010-2960

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61557

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42932

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/02/1

http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22777866582

http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High