CVE - CVE-2017-7472

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-7472	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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EXPLOIT-DB:42136 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42136/ CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b CONFIRM:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/11/1 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034862 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442086 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b CONFIRM:https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/1/235 CONFIRM:https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/3/724 CONFIRM:https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.13 REDHAT:RHSA-2018:0151 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151 REDHAT:RHSA-2018:0152 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152 REDHAT:RHSA-2018:0181 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2018:0011 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html BID:98422 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98422 SECTRACK:1038471 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038471
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Entry Created
20170405	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20170405)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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