CVE - CVE-2017-15116

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-15116	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The rngapi_reset function in crypto/rng.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).
References
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MISC:RHSA-2018:0676 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 MISC:RHSA-2018:1062 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6 URL:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485815 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485815 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514609 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514609 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20171008	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20171008)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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