CVE-2017-9211

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9211
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9211.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-9211
Downstream
Published
2017-05-23T05:29:00.247Z
Modified
2026-03-15T22:24:52.321447Z
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
[none]
Details

The cryptoskcipherinit_tfm function in crypto/skcipher.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.2 relies on a setkey function that lacks a key-size check, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted application.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9211.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.11.2"
            }
        ]
    }
]