CVE-2010-1437 is a local Linux kernel vulnerability in the key management subsystem, specifically involving a race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c. In Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier, keyctl session operations can race with key_cleanup while a keyring is being deleted, causing code to access a dead keyring object after it has begun teardown. This results in a use-after-free condition that can corrupt memory and crash the system, with the possibility of additional unspecified impact depending on allocator state and execution timing.
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A use-after-free vulnerability involving access to an object after it has effectively been deleted and is being cleaned up.
A use-after-free vulnerability involving access to an object after it has effectively been deleted and is being cleaned up.
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