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CVE-2013-1792 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916646	CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087	CVE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.3	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/07/1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1787-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1788-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1793-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1794-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1795-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1796-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1797-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916646	[email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087	[email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.3	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/07/1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1787-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1788-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1793-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1794-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1795-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1796-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1797-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 3.8.2 3.8.0 3.8.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 22, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]