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CVE-2005-2098

N/A

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published8/23/2005

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/(secalert@redhat.com)

http://secunia.com/advisories/17073(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14521(secalert@redhat.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9638(secalert@redhat.com)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/(secalert@redhat.com)

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/17073(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14521(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9638(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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