Is CVE-2010-1437 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1437 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1437?

CVE-2010-1437 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-1437

HIGH · CVSS 7.0EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD

Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.34-rc5 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.0 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-362
EPSS score: 0.7% (52th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-1465)
Published: May 7, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1465 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise high availability extension
suse / linux enterprise server

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html(Mailing List)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127192182917857&w=2(Exploit, Mailing List)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127274294622730&w=2(Exploit, Mailing List)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=127292492727029&w=2(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40218(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053(Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/27/2(Mailing List)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/28/2(Mailing List)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0474.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39719(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585094(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58254(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9715(Broken Link)
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94038/(Broken Link)
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/94664/(Broken Link, Patch)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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