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01 Record

CVE-2010-1437

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 50.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2010-05-07 18:23Z16 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-07 01:21Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2010-04-15
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
  • CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
  • CWE-366Race Condition within a ThreadBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
635e748c1d92e68cab237723f7a1805bdb1f025c1abf4594a08245473d5e5332

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
debiandebian_linuxNot specified—
linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—
opensuseopensuseNot specified—
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
redhatenterprise_mrgNot specified—
suselinux_enterprise_desktopNot specified—
suselinux_enterprise_high_availability_extensionNot specified—
suselinux_enterprise_serverNot specified—

06 References