CVE-2015-1333 PUBLISHED

Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.

EPSS 0.04% · 12.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.04%
12.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-vivid0, 3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1, 3.19.0-20.20~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1, 3.16.0-31.41~14.04.1, 3.16.0-31.43~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.13.0-17.37, 3.13.0-18.38, 3.13.0-19.39

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