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CVE-2016-0728

Published: Feb 8, 2016

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The join_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 mishandles object references in a certain error case, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and use-after-free) via crafted keyctl commands.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

SUSE-SU-2016:0750

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

SUSE-SU-2016:0205

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

SUSE-SU-2016:0751

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

SUSE-SU-2016:0747

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1

x_refsource_CONFIRM

SUSE-SU-2016:0755

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

http://perception-point.io/2016/01/14/analysis-and-exploitation-of-a-linux-kernel-vulnerability-cve-2016-0728/

x_refsource_MISC

SUSE-SU-2016:0757

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=23567fd052a9abb6d67fe8e7a9ccdd9800a540f2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

SUSE-SU-2016:0753

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380

x_refsource_CONFIRM

exploit

x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

FEDORA-2016-b59fd603be

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

SUSE-SU-2016:0746

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/23567fd052a9abb6d67fe8e7a9ccdd9800a540f2

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297475

x_refsource_CONFIRM

FEDORA-2016-5d43766e33

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_FEDORA

SUSE-SU-2016:0745

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

SUSE-SU-2016:0756

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa112

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160211-0001/

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_HP

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05130958

x_refsource_CONFIRM

SUSE-SU-2016:0752

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

SUSE-SU-2016:0341

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

[oss-security] 20160119 Linux kernel: use after free in keyring facility.

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

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