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

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

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

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CVE-2013-1792: Medium severity, CVSS 4.7 | Vulnix