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CVE-2016-10147
Published: Jan 18, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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).
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[linux-crypto] 20161202 Crash in crypto mcryptd
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20170117 CVE request -- linux kernel: crash by spawning mcrypt(alg) with incompatible algorithm
mailing-list
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95677
vdb-entry
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15
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RHSA-2017:2077
vendor-advisory
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RHSA-2017:1842
vendor-advisory
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