5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-12193

Published: 22/11/2017 Updated: 12/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 437
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.13.11 mishandles node splitting, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via a crafted application, as demonstrated by the keyring key type, and key addition and link creation operations.

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (C ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) b ...
Incorrect updates of uninstantiated keys crash the kernelA vulnerability was found in the key management subsystem of the Linux kernel An update on an uninstantiated key could cause a kernel panic, leading to denial of service (DoS) (CVE-2017-15299) Memory leak when merging buffers in SCSI IO vectorsIt was found that in the Linux kernel through v ...
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of associative arrays introduced in 313 This functionality was backported to the 310 kernels in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 The flaw involved a null pointer dereference in assoc_array_apply_edit() due to incorrect node-splitting in assoc_array implementation This affects the keyring key typ ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
USN-3509-2 introduced a regression in the Linux HWE kernel for Ubuntu 1404 LTS ...
USN-3509-1 introduced a regression in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 1604 LTS ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...