CVE

Id
45544  
CVE No.
CVE-2010-2960  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20100804)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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