CVE-2017-12192 in Kernel

Summary

A vulnerability was found in the Key Management sub component of the Linux kernel, where when trying to issue a KEYTCL_READ on negative key would lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could use this flaw to crash the kernel.

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• Reservation: 08/01/2017
• Disclosure: 10/11/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-107763 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-476 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.4
• EPSS: 0.00113
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12192
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12192
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-12192/