Bug 1617685 – CVE-2005-2098 security flaw

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Bug 1617685 - (CVE-2005-2098) CVE-2005-2098 security flaw

Summary:	CVE-2005-2098 security flaw

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	CVE-2005-2098

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Reported:	2018-08-16 00:23 EDT by Stephen Herr
Modified:	2018-08-16 12:22 EDT (History)
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 00:23:25 EDT

Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.

Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 12:22:58 EDT

MITRE description:

The KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING operation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 contains an error path that does not properly release the session management semaphore, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service (semaphore hang) via a new session keyring (1) with an empty name string, (2) with a long name string, (3) with the key quota reached, or (4) ENOMEM.

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