CVE-2013-1792

Published Mar 22, 2013

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: Race condition in the install_user_keyrings function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via crafted keyctl system calls that trigger keyring operations in simultaneous threads.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.7
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Configurations

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Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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