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CVE-2010-2960 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627440 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41263 CVEBroken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
< 2.6.35.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
6.06
8.04
9.04
9.10
10.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
suse suse linux enterprise desktop
11 sp1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
suse suse linux enterprise server
11 sp1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-2960
NVD Published Date:
Sep 8, 2010
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-2960 Details - Not Deferred