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CVE-2017-7472

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CVE-2017-7472

Published: May 11, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.

VendorProductVersions

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Linux kernel before 4.10.13

affected
Linux kernel before 4.10.13

References

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