National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1522

Overview

The sys_add_key function in the keyring code in Linux kernel 2.6.16.1 and 2.6.17-rc1, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via keyctl requests that add a key to a user key instead of a keyring key, which causes an invalid dereference in the __keyring_search_one function.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188466

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=188466

External Source: BID

Name: 17451

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17451

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c3a9d6541f84ac3ff566982d08389b87c1c36b4e

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c3a9d6541f84ac3ff566982d08389b87c1c36b4e

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19573

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19573

External Source: XF

Name: linux-keyringsearchone-dos(25722)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25722

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1475

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1475

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1307

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1307

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-302-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0493

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 24507

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/24507

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:086

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:086

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21745

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21745

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20716

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20716

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20237

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20237

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20157

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20157

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19735

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19735

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9325

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9325

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2006-423

Hyperlink:http://lwn.net/Alerts/180820/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.3

Hyperlink:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.3

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9325

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9325