NVD
- Id
- 50822
- Name
- CVE-2009-3624
- Description
- The get_instantiation_keyring function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc5 does not properly maintain the reference count of a keyring, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors involving calls to this function without specifying a keyring by ID, as demonstrated by a series of keyctl request2 and keyctl list commands.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 4.6
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS Base Score
- 4.6
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 6.4
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 3.9
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
- Pub Date
- 2017-01-07
- Published
- 2009-11-02
- Modified Date
- 2012-03-19
- Seq
- 2009-3624
