CVE-2010-2960 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Kernel

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference10 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 72.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxSuse Linux Enterprise Desktop+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 8
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel< 2.6.35.4

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 10.10, 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gx25-2frw-gvqr: The keyctl_session_to_parent function in security/keys/keyctl↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2010-2960: The keyctl_session_to_parent function in security/keys/keyctl↗2010-09-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities↗2011-04-20
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Ubuntu
Linux Kernel vulnerabilities (Marvell Dove)↗2011-03-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2011-03-03
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2010-10-19
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Red Hat
keyctl_session_to_parent NULL deref system crash↗2010-09-02
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2010-2960 keyctl_session_to_parent NULL deref system crash↗2010-08-26
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