CVE-2017-15299

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-15299
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-14 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:39:00 UTC
DescriptionThe KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.7 mishandles use of add_key for a key that already exists but is uninstantiated, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted system call.

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
[PATCH v3 1/7] KEYS: don't let add_key() update an uninstantiated key MISC www.mail-archive.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3798-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Bug 1498016 – CVE-2017-15299 kernel: Incorrect updates of uninstantiated keys crash the kernel MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-3798-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1200-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
'[PATCH v3 1/7] KEYS: don't let add_key() update an uninstantiated key' thread - MARC MISC marc.info Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
'[PATCH 12/15] KEYS: don't let add_key() update an uninstantiated key' thread - MARC MISC marc.info Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH v3 1/7] KEYS: don't let add_key() update an uninstantiated key www.mail-archive.com
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