CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7472
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-11
- 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-404
Description
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.10.12)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/11/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98422 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038471 www.securitytracker.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034862 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442086 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/1/235 Broken Link
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/3/724 Broken Link
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42136/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.13 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/11/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98422 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038471 www.securitytracker.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034862 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442086 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/1/235 Broken Link
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/3/724 Broken Link
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42136/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.13 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory