cve-2016-10147
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-18 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:14
Severity ?
Summary
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).
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95677
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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