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CVE-2017-15299
medium
Description
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.7 mishandles use of add_key for a key that already exists but is uninstantiated, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted system call.
References
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1499828.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/
https://marc.info/?t=150783958600011&r=1&w=2
https://marc.info/?t=150654188100001&r=1&w=2
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html