cve-2012-2745
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-09 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:42
Severity ?
Summary
The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79549c6dfda0603dba9a70a53467ce62d9335c33
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50633
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50853
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50961
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54365
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027236
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1597-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1606-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833428
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79549c6dfda0603dba9a70a53467ce62d9335c33Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79549c6dfda0603dba9a70a53467ce62d9335c33
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50633
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50853
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50961
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54365
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027236
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1597-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1606-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833428
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79549c6dfda0603dba9a70a53467ce62d9335c33Patch
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