ghsa-pm5x-hxhr-68w7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 00:25
Modified
2025-04-12 12:56
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The join_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 mishandles object references in a certain error case, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and use-after-free) via crafted keyctl commands.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-0728"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-02-08T03:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The join_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 mishandles object references in a certain error case, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and use-after-free) via crafted keyctl commands.",
  "id": "GHSA-pm5x-hxhr-68w7",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:56:44Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:25:08Z",
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