{"cve":"CVE-2010-2960","nvd":{"published":"2010-09-08T20:00:04.027","modified":"2026-06-16T23:21:50.543","status":"Modified","description":"The keyctl_session_to_parent function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.35.4 and earlier expects that a certain parent session keyring exists, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT argument to the keyctl function.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00003.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/41263","http://securitytracker.com/id?1024384","http://twitter.com/taviso/statuses/22777866582"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","linux:linux_kernel","suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop","suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:56:26.512081652+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-2960","score":0.00506,"percentile":0.43252,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}