CVE-2017-15951 (GCVE-0-2017-15951)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-28 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:13
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Summary
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10 does not correctly synchronize the actions of updating versus finding a key in the "negative" state to avoid a race condition, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.
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