ghsa-6m9m-6qjp-9mm8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:04
Modified
2025-04-12 12:56
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and security/keys/user_defined.c.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-8539"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-02-08T03:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and security/keys/user_defined.c.",
  "id": "GHSA-6m9m-6qjp-9mm8",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:56:43Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:04:12Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8539"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151"
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      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152"
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      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1"
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    },
    {
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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