CVE-2016-4470

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4470
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4470.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4470
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Published
2016-06-27T10:59:08Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

The keyrejectand_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.

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Affected packages