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CVE-2010-2960

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.51%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-09-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2010-2960
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.51%
Linux

Original Filing — NVD Description

The keyctl_session_to_parent function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.35.4 and earlier expects that a certain parent session keyring exists, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT argument to the keyctl function.