VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-1437

CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-05-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references