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GSD-2016-10147

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).
Aliases
Aliases

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