CVE-2016-9313 (GCVE-0-2016-9313)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-11-28 03:01
Modified
2024-08-06 02:50
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
security/keys/big_key.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7 mishandles unsuccessful crypto registration in conjunction with successful key-type registration, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that uses the big_key data type.
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