CVE-2015-8970 (GCVE-0-2015-8970)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-11-28 03:01
Modified
2024-08-06 08:36
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.2 does not verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AF_ALG socket before an accept system call is processed, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted application that does not supply a key, related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.2 Release Notes
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94217 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2437
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2444
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386286 Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/syzkaller/frb2XrB5aWk/xCXzkIBcDAAJ
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.2 Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94217 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2437
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2444
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386286 Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/syzkaller/frb2XrB5aWk/xCXzkIBcDAAJ
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