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Description
The key_reject_and_link function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux
kernel through 4.6.3 does not ensure that a certain data structure is
initialized, which allows local users to cause a denial of service
(system crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2
command.
References
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MLIST:[oss-security] 20160615 CVE-2016-4470: Linux kernel Uninitialized variable in request_key handling user controlled kfree().
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Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160502)
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