CVE-2013-1792
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.7
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 3.8.1 | Affected | — |
| 3.8.0 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.2.41-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.2.41-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.2.41-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.2.41-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.2.41-1 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.3
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/07/1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1787-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1788-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1793-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1794-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1795-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1796-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1797-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916646
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1792
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.