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SUSE: CVE-2017-15951: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-15951: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/23/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10 does not correctly synchronize the actions of updating versus finding a key in the "negative" state to avoid a race condition, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0785-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0786-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0986-1
  • 101621
  • CVE-2017-15951
  • USN-3485-1
  • USN-3485-2
  • USN-3485-3
  • USN-3507-1
  • USN-3507-2
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