CVE-2011-2184

Bug #844367 reported by Kees Cook
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Hardy
Invalid
Low
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Lucid
Invalid
Low
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Maverick
Invalid
Low
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Natty
Invalid
Low
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Oneiric
Invalid
Low
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linux-ec2 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Hardy
Invalid
Low
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Lucid
Invalid
Low
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Maverick
Invalid
Low
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Natty
Invalid
Low
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Oneiric
Invalid
Low
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linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Hardy
Invalid
Low
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Lucid
Invalid
Low
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Maverick
Invalid
Low
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Natty
Invalid
Low
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Oneiric
Invalid
Low
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linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Hardy
Invalid
Low
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Lucid
Invalid
Low
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Maverick
Invalid
Low
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Natty
Invalid
Low
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Oneiric
Invalid
Low
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linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Hardy
Invalid
Low
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Lucid
Invalid
Low
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Maverick
Invalid
Low
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Natty
Invalid
Low
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Oneiric
Invalid
Low
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linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
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Hardy
Invalid
Low
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Lucid
Invalid
Low
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Maverick
Invalid
Low
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Natty
Invalid
Low
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Oneiric
Invalid
Low
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linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Hardy
Invalid
Low
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Lucid
Invalid
Low
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Maverick
Invalid
Low
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Natty
Invalid
Low
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Oneiric
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

The key_replace_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.1 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT argument to the keyctl function, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2960.

Break-Fix: 47a150edc2ae734c0f4bf50aa19499e23b9a46f8 f7285b5d631fd6096b11c6af0058ed3a2b30ef4e

CVE References

Revision history for this message
Kees Cook (kees) wrote :

CVE-2011-2184

tags: added: kernel-cve-tracking-bug
security vulnerability: no → yes
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
description: updated
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
description: updated
Paolo Pisati (p-pisati)
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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