VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-2184

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-09-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references