CVE-2017-6951
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6951
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6951.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-6951
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-03-16T18:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-05T01:14:28.399817Z
- Severity
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- 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
- [none]
- Details
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The keyringsearchaux 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.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96943
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01845.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01846.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01849.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01845.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01846.html
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01849.html