CVE-2017-7472

Medium

Description

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMay 11, 2017
First seenMay 11, 2017

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.10.12—

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CVE-2017-7472 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar