Detections
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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