CVE - CVE-2016-10147

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-10147	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).
References
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MISC:95677 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95677 MISC:RHSA-2017:1842 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 MISC:RHSA-2017:2077 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 MISC:[linux-crypto] 20161202 Crash in crypto mcryptd URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2 MISC:[oss-security] 20170117 CVE request -- linux kernel: crash by spawning mcrypt(alg) with incompatible algorithm URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/13 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd URL:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20170118	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 (20170118)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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