CVE-2011-2184 in Kernelinfo

Summary

The key_replace_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.1 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT argument to the keyctl function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2960.

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Reservation

05/31/2011

Disclosure

09/06/2011

Entries

1: VDB-58441

CPE

ready

CVSS

8.4

EPSS

0.00096

Activities

Very Low

Sources

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