CVE-2013-1792

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 22, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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