CVE-2017-7472

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

2%p82

Published

May 11, 2017 (May 11, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-404
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.3%)

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