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Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CVE-2017-7472

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

The program does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published