Tracker / CVE-2012-2745
CVE-2012-2745
Medium 4.7
The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 3.3.1 |
Analysis
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