CVE-2017-6951

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p32

Published

Mar 16, 2017 (Mar 16, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.79 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call for the "dead" type.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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