CVE - CVE-2015-1333

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-1333	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.
References
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BID:76050 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76050 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca4da5dd1f99fe9c59f1709fb43e818b18ad20e0 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.4 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245658 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ca4da5dd1f99fe9c59f1709fb43e818b18ad20e0 CONFIRM:https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K05211147 DEBIAN:DSA-3329 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3329 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150727 Security issue in Linux Kernel Keyring (CVE-2015-1333) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/27/7 REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1778 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1787 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html UBUNTU:USN-2687-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2687-1 UBUNTU:USN-2688-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2688-1 UBUNTU:USN-2689-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2689-1 UBUNTU:USN-2690-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2690-1 UBUNTU:USN-2691-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2691-1
Assigning CNA
Canonical Ltd.
Date Record Created
20150122	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 (20150122)
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