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
secalert@redhat.com http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html
secalert@redhat.com http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/11/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98422
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038471
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034862 Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442086 Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/1/235 Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/3/724 Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42136/
secalert@redhat.com https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.13 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/11/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98422
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038471
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034862 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442086 Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/1/235 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/3/724 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42136/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.13 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Linux kernel before 4.10.13 Version: Linux kernel before 4.10.13
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