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CVE-2016-10147
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-18T21:59:00.167 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:39:09.097

Summary

crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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