ghsa-9x7c-6h5w-qmpg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:08
Modified
2022-05-13 01:08
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

The key_reject_and_link function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2 command.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-4470"
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  "database_specific": {
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-06-27T10:59:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-9x7c-6h5w-qmpg",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:08:47Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:08:47Z",
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}


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