{ "data_version": "4.0", "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2009-3624", "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The get_instantiation_keyring function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc5 does not properly maintain the reference count of a keyring, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors involving calls to this function without specifying a keyring by ID, as demonstrated by a series of keyctl request2 and keyctl list commands." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_affected": "=", "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/38017", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/38017" }, { "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37086", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/37086" }, { "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc5", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.32-rc5" }, { "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21279cfa107af07ef985539ac0de2152b9cba5f5", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=21279cfa107af07ef985539ac0de2152b9cba5f5" }, { "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125619420905341&w=2", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125619420905341&w=2" }, { "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125624091417161&w=2", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125624091417161&w=2" }, { "url": "http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/4916661870", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/4916661870" } ] } }