Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-1437

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Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2010-1437

Published: June 20, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU92826
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1437
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2010-1437

Install update from vendor's repository.


Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

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