CVE-2017-18270
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-05-18 16:00
Modified
2024-08-05 21:13
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, a local user could create keyrings for other users via keyctl commands, setting unwanted defaults or causing a denial of service.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=237bbd29f7a049d310d907f4b2716a7feef9abf3Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104254Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1580979
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856774#c11
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856774#c9
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/237bbd29f7a049d310d907f4b2716a7feef9abf3Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K37301725
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.5Release Notes
Impacted products
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