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CVE-2017-7472
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-05-11T19:29:00.163 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:24:25.073

Summary

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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