CVE-2016-4470

Description (CNA)

The key_reject_and_link function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2 command.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00022.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00023.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00017.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1657.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00008.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3051-1
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2128.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00003.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2133.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00015.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00012.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00019.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3052-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3049-1
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1541.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00026.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00027.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1539.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1532.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00021.html
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38327424b40bcebe2de92d07312c89360ac9229a
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/11
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1341716
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3050-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00018.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00020.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00013.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00014.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2076.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00009.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2074.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00016.html
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/38327424b40bcebe2de92d07312c89360ac9229a
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

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