CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9313
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
security/keys/big_key.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7 mishandles unsuccessful crypto registration in conjunction with successful key-type registration, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that uses the big_key data type.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.7 < 4.8.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7df3e59c3d1df4f87fe874c7956ef7a3d2f4d5fb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7 Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/22/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94546 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7df3e59c3d1df4f87fe874c7956ef7a3d2f4d5fb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7df3e59c3d1df4f87fe874c7956ef7a3d2f4d5fb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7 Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/22/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94546 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7df3e59c3d1df4f87fe874c7956ef7a3d2f4d5fb Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory