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CVE-2017-6951
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-16T18:59:00.147 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:23:21.957

Summary

The keyring_search_aux 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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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