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CVE-2017-2647
published 2017-03-31

CVE-2017-2647: The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system…

PriorityP433high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.41%
33.6th percentile
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain match field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function in keyring.c.

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 4.0.2-1 (bookworm)linux 4.0.2-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux_kernel<= 3.17.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.0.2-14.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.0.2-14.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.0.2-14.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.0.2-14.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 3.13.0-164.2143.13.0-164.214

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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