7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2010-2960

Published: 08/09/2010 Updated: 11/08/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The keyctl_session_to_parent function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.35.4 and previous versions 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.

Vulnerability Trend

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linux linux kernel

canonical ubuntu linux 6.06

canonical ubuntu linux 8.04

canonical ubuntu linux 9.04

canonical ubuntu linux 9.10

canonical ubuntu linux 10.04

canonical ubuntu linux 10.10

suse suse linux enterprise desktop 11

suse suse linux enterprise server 11

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