CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-10147
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.8.14)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95677 www.securityfocus.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95677 www.securityfocus.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory