vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-6951: ELSA-2017-1842: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2017-03-03
Added
2018-02-28
Modified
2025-01-24

Description

The keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.79 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call for the "dead" type.
The keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service via a request_key system call for the "dead" key type.

Solution(s)

oracle-linux-upgrade-kerneloracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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