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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:12700
HistoryJan 15, 2019 - 9:20 a.m.

Denial Of Service (DoS)

2019-01-1509:20:34
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
9

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.1%

kernel-rt is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. The vulnerability exists as the KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and security/keys/user_defined.c.

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