CVE-2017-12192 (GCVE-0-2017-12192)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-10-12 00:00
Modified
2024-08-05 18:28
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The 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.
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