CVE-2011-2184

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/03/2	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://alt.swiecki.net/linux_kernel/sys_open-kmem_cache_alloc-2.6.39-rc4.txt	Broken Link
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/23/199	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/06/2	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/24/502	Third Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/25/265	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.1	Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8371	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f7285b5d631fd6096b11c6af0058ed3a2b30ef4e

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2011-09-06 09:55

Updated : 2023-02-12 16:17

NVD link : CVE-2011-2184

Mitre link : CVE-2011-2184

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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