CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6951
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-16
- 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
The keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.79 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call for the "dead" type.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 3.14.79)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96943 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01845.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01846.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01849.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 access.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96943 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01845.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01846.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01849.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 access.redhat.com