Memory corruption

2009-01-2102:30:00

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6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.3%

JSON

Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a “missing kfree.”

CPENameOperatorVersion
linux_kerneleq2.6.25.4 x86-64
linux_kerneleq2.6.25.11 x86-64
linux_kerneleq2.6.18 rc3
linux_kerneleq2.6.25.9 x86-64
linux_kerneleq2.6.22.15
linux_kerneleq2.6.24.7
linux_kerneleq2.6.18 rc2
linux_kerneleq2.6.23.13
linux_kerneleq2.6.24.2
linux_kerneleq2.4.36.6

Name	Operator	Version
linux_kernel	eq	2.6.25.4 x86-64
linux_kernel	eq	2.6.25.11 x86-64
linux_kernel	eq	2.6.18 rc3
linux_kernel	eq	2.6.25.9 x86-64
linux_kernel	eq	2.6.22.15
linux_kernel	eq	2.6.24.7
linux_kernel	eq	2.6.18 rc2
linux_kernel	eq	2.6.23.13
linux_kernel	eq	2.6.24.2
linux_kernel	eq	2.4.36.6