Upstream information
Description
Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.9 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SA:2009:010, published Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:00:00 +0000
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-default | Affected |
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-source | Affected |
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | kernel-source-azure | Affected |
| SUSE CaaS Platform Toolchain 3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | kernel-source-azure | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | kernel-source-azure | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | kernel-source-azure | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | kernel-source-azure | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-default | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-source | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | kernel-source-azure | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-default | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-source | Already fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | kernel-source-azure | Already fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | kernel-source-azure | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-default | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-source | Affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | kernel-source-azure | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:06:32 2013CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 25 12:03:50 2024