VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-7472

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-404: Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Primary references