security flaw

The KEYCTLJOINSESSIONKEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service semaphore hang via a new session keyring 1 with an empty nam...

CVE-2005-2098

The KEYCTLJOINSESSIONKEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service semaphore hang via a new session keyring 1 with an empty nam...

CVE-2005-2099

The Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 does not properly destroy a keyring that is not instantiated properly, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service kernel oops via a keyring with a payload that is not empty, which causes the creation to fail, leading to a null...

CVE-2005-2099

The Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 does not properly destroy a keyring that is not instantiated properly, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service kernel oops via a keyring with a payload that is not empty, which causes the creation to fail, leading to a null...

CVE-2005-2098

The KEYCTLJOINSESSIONKEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service semaphore hang via a new session keyring 1 with an empty nam...

CVE-2005-2099

The Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 does not properly destroy a keyring that is not instantiated properly, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service kernel oops via a keyring with a payload that is not empty, which causes the creation to fail, leading to a null...

CVE-2005-2098

The KEYCTLJOINSESSIONKEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service semaphore hang via a new session keyring 1 with an empty nam...

Linux kernel keyring management DoS

System crash on attempt to delete uninstantiated keyring. Semaphore leakage on KEYCTLJOINSESSIONKEYRING operation...

[SA16355] Linux Kernel Keyring Management Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: gnupg security update

Updated gnupg packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These updates disable the ability to generate ElGamal keys used for both signing and encrypting and disable the ability to use ElGamal public keys for encrypting data. GnuPG is a utility for encrypting data and creating digita...