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CVE-2013-1792

CVSS v2.0 4.7 (Medium)
47% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (11th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 39
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2013-03-22 11:59:11
(11 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 04:41:14
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel 3.8.2 and prior versions cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel <= 3.8.2
  Linux Kernel 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.0
  Linux Kernel 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.1