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CVE-2010-2960

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Date: September 8, 2010

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (14)

http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22777866582
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61557
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42932
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1000-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/02/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/41263
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-2960
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627440
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2960
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-2960

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Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

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CVSS v3

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Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL

CVSS v2

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Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH
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