CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-7872

2.1 LOW Published 2015-11-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-11-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.2.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References