DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7472

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7472 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:14	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	linux	0, 0, 0

Timeline

May 11, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7472 advisory

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