CVE - CVE-2017-15951

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-15951	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 4.13.10 does not correctly synchronize the actions of updating versus finding a key in the "negative" state to avoid a race condition, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.
References
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BID:101621 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101621 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=363b02dab09b3226f3bd1420dad9c72b79a42a76 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.10 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/363b02dab09b3226f3bd1420dad9c72b79a42a76
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20171027	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 (20171027)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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