CVE-2005-2098
Published · Updated
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3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 3.2%
The KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service (semaphore hang) via a new session keyring (1) with an empty name string, (2) with a long name string, (3) with the key quota reached, or (4) ENOMEM.
Affected products
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http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/http://secunia.com/advisories/17073https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9638https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14521