Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's key_gc_unused_keys Function

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's key_gc_unused_keys Function

CVE-2015-7872 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands.

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