CVE-2013-1792
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
02 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
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
- 0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 21.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2013-03-22 10:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-02-19
- 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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 37d43771ea4f9c2df39e06145b568b05d0aa95fd2515f9ea2b0d5f5e1b02a58a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1796-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1796-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1187http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:176http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1797-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1797-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1788-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1788-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130307 CVE-2013-1792 Linux kernel: KEYS: race with concurrent install_user_keyrings()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/07/1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1793-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1793-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1792-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1792-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916646
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.3
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1794-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1794-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0744http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1795-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1795-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1787-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1787-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0204http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1798-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1798-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.2.41-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.2.41-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.2.41-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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