CVE-2017-15274

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-15274
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-12 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-16 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptionsecurity/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 does not consider the case of a NULL payload in conjunction with a nonzero length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted add_key or keyctl system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-12192.

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
Bug 1045327 – VUL-1: CVE-2017-15274: kernel-source: add_key syscall causes NULL pointer dereference CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Linux kernel CVE-2017-15274 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[4.9,026/119] KEYS: fix dereferencing NULL payload with nonzero length - Patchwork CONFIRM patchwork.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
KEYS: fix dereferencing NULL payload with nonzero length · torvalds/linux@5649645 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3583-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3583-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.5 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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