CVE-2017-7472 (GCVE-0-2017-7472)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-11 19:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:04
Severity ?
CWE
  • exhaust kernel memory
Summary
The 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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Linux kernel before 4.10.13 Version: Linux kernel before 4.10.13
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