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CVE-2017-7472
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…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- exhaust kernel memory
- CWE-404 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-404 and its CVEs
Affected products
Linux kernel before 4.10.13
- affected Linux kernel before 4.10.13
References (15)
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/3/724 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442086 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2018:0011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0152 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 98422 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1038471 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034862 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42136 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/11/1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0151 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/1/235 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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