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F5 Networks: K32115847 (CVE-2017-2647): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-2647

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F5 Networks: K32115847 (CVE-2017-2647): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-2647

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/31/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/07/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain match field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function in keyring.c.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

References

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