1.9 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.015 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.8%
The key serial number collision avoidance code in the key_alloc_serial
function in Linux kernel 2.6.9 up to 2.6.20 allows local users to cause a
denial of service (crash) via vectors that trigger a null dereference, as
originally reported as “spinlock CPU recursion.”
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 6.06 | noarch | linux-source-2.6.15 | < 2.6.15-29.58 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 6.10 | noarch | linux-source-2.6.17 | < 2.6.17.1-12.40 | UNKNOWN |