Description
The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.2 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1606-1 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79549c6dfda0603dba9a70a53467ce62d9335c33 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1597-1 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50853 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833428 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50961 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79549c6dfda0603dba9a70a53467ce62d9335c33 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027236 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54365 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50633 ↗