CVE-2017-12192

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12192
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-12 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:28:00 UTC
DescriptionThe keyctl_read_key function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Key Management subcomponent in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5 does not properly consider that a key may be possessed but negatively instantiated, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via a crafted KEYCTL_READ operation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2017-12192 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.5 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
LKML: Eric Biggers: [PATCH] KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key MISC lkml.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key · torvalds/linux@37863c4 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-3583-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
USN-3583-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
oss-sec: CVE-2017-12192 kernel: NULL pointer dereference due to KEYCTL_READ on negative key MISC seclists.org
1493435 – (CVE-2017-12192) CVE-2017-12192 kernel: NULL pointer dereference due to KEYCTL_READ on negative key CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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