CVE-2017-2647 (GCVE-0-2017-2647)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-31 04:26 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain match field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function in keyring.c.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2437 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2444 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97258 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c06cfb08… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428353 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2017-03-21 00:00
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