Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys function in...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Mar 14, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jan 9, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Last updated
Mar 14, 2024
Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl commands that trigger access to a key structure member during garbage collection of a key.
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