CVE-2009-3624

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.37% (31st) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Is it mine?
340 products
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Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The get_instantiation_keyring function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc5 does not properly maintain the reference count of a keyring, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via vectors involving calls to this function without specifying a keyring by ID, as demonstrated by a series of keyctl request2 and keyctl list commands.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4
v2.03.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-310USprimary
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affected products (340)

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showing 20 of 340
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also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2009-11-02modified 2026-06-16
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references (18)

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