VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-2647

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-476

Primary references