CVE-2017-7472

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-7472
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-11 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:30:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-404

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LKML: Eric Biggers: [PATCH] KEYS: fix keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() to not leak thread keyrings CONFIRM lkml.org Broken Link
1442086 – (CVE-2017-7472) CVE-2017-7472 kernel: keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() leaks thread keyrings CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE-2017-7472 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Bug 1034862 – VUL-0: CVE-2017-7472: kernel-source: kernel: keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() leaks thread keyrings CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
KEYS: fix keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() to not leak thread keyrings · torvalds/linux@c9f838d · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel Thread Keyring Leak in keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() Lets Local Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.13 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE-2017-7472 Linux kernel: KEYS: fix keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() to not leak thread keyrings CONFIRM openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 'security/keys/keyctl.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2018:0011-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
LKML: Eric Biggers: [PATCH v2] KEYS: fix keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() to not leak thread keyrings CONFIRM lkml.org Broken Link
Linux Kernel < 4.10.13 - 'keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring' Local Denial of Service - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160123 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9852)
  • 390268 Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for kernel (OVMSA-2022-0026)
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