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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…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.29%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 79% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (18)
- USN-1796-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-1797-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1788-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130307 CVE-2013-1792 Linux kernel: KEYS: race with concurrent install_user_keyrings() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1793-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1792-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0da9dfdd2cd9889201bc6f6f43580c99165cd087 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916646 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1794-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0744 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-1795-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1787-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0204 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1798-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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