Race condition in the (1) add_key, (2) request_key, and (3) keyctl functions in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or read sensitive kernel memory by modifying the length of a string argument between the time that the kernel calculates the length and when it copies the data into kernel memory.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2006-03-14T02:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T16:34:14.828Z
Reserved: 2006-01-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2006-0457

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2006-03-14T02:02:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2006-0457
