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CVE-2010-1437

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux...

7.0 HighPublic exploit

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.66%Down 2.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.0

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

Record
CVE-2010-1437
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.4 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-362, CWE-416
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

Record
CVE-2010-1437
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-1465 No score

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

Record
EUVD-2010-1465
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mrjp-428h-53c5 7.0

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux...

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

Record
GHSA-mrjp-428h-53c5
CVSS 3.1
7.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-362
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
linux-2.6
Debian:5.0
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 2.6.26-22lenny1, plus listed versions
2.6.26-132.6.26-13lenny22.6.26-13lenny2~bpo40+12.6.26-142.6.26-15
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2.6.26-15lenny12.6.26-15lenny22.6.26-15lenny32.6.26-15~bpo40+12.6.26-15~bpo40+22.6.26-162.6.26-172.6.26-17lenny12.6.26-17lenny22.6.26-17lenny2~bpo40+12.6.26-17~bpo40+12.6.26-182.6.26-192.6.26-19lenny12.6.26-19lenny22.6.26-19~bpo40+12.6.26-202.6.26-20~bpo40+12.6.26-212.6.26-21lenny12.6.26-21lenny22.6.26-21lenny32.6.26-21lenny42.6.26-21~bpo40+12.6.26-22
2.6.26-22lenny1
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-xenU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-xenU-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-xenU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-xenU-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-xenU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-xenU-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-hugemem
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-hugemem-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-largesmp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-largesmp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-smp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-smp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-xenU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel-xenU-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
0:2.6.9-89.0.26.EL
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-PAE
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-PAE-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-PAE-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-xen
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-xen-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-xen-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-PAE
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-PAE-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-PAE-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-kdump
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-kdump-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-kdump-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-xen
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-xen-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-xen-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
0:2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
kernel-rt
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-firmware
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-trace
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-trace-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-trace-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-vanilla
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-vanilla-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
kernel-rt-vanilla-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
 before 0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt
0:2.6.24.7-161.el5rt

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBLinux Kernel 2.6.34 - 'find_keyring_by_name()' Local Memory Corruption2010-04-27

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2010-1437 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Debian Linux, published May 7, 2010. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.66%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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