### [CVE-2010-1437](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1437)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9715

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.