CVE - CVE-2010-2960

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-2960	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
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
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20100902 CVE-2010-2960 kernel: keyctl_session_to_parent null ptr deref URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/02/1 MISC:http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22777866582 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627440 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2010:050 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html SUSE:SUSE-SA:2011:007 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html UBUNTU:USN-1000-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1 BID:42932 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42932 SECTRACK:1024384 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384 SECUNIA:41263 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/41263 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0298 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 XF:linux-kernel-keyctl-dos(61557) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61557
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Date Entry Created
20100804	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20100804)
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