Published: 16/03/2017 Updated: 05/01/2018

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: 436

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel up to and including 3.14.79 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call for the "dead" type.

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Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement 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 S ...

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...

The keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyringc in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service via a request_key system call for the "dead" key type ...

CWE-476 http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01849.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01846.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01845.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96943 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/3422-2/

CVE-2017-6951

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