--- title: "CVE-2005-2099\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2099?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2005-2099 Publication date 23 August 2005 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 does not properly destroy a keyring that is not instantiated properly, which allows local users or remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) via a keyring with a payload that is not empty, which causes the creation to fail, leading to a null dereference in the keyring destructor. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux-source-2.6.15 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.6.15-29.58 | | linux-source-2.6.17 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.6.17.1-12.40 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2099) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2099) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-2099) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2099) ### Other references *