vulnerability

F5 Networks: K55672042 (CVE-2016-4470): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2016-4470

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jun 27, 2016
Added
Feb 16, 2017
Modified
Mar 3, 2020

Description

The key_reject_and_link function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2 command.

Solution

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