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CVE-2015-7872

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Date: November 16, 2015

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (51)

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f05819df10d7b09f6d1eb6f8534a8f68e5a4fe61

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0185.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0224.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77544

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7872

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034472

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00035.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272172

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272371

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00018.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f05819df10d7b09f6d1eb6f8534a8f68e5a4fe61

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2824-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-3

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-2

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/20/6

Url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce1fad2740c648a4340f6f6c391a8a83769d2e8c

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-7872

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00005.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7872

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145975164525836&w=2

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0212.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2840-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2840-2

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html

Url: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7872

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Url: https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05068676

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html

Url: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce1fad2740c648a4340f6f6c391a8a83769d2e8c

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-7872

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v4.3-rc7,v3.12.51,v3.14.59,v3.16.35,v3.18.25,v3.2.73,v4.1.16

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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