The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10 does not correctly synchronize the actions of updating versus finding a key in the "negative" state to avoid a race condition, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7367 The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10 does not correctly synchronize the actions of updating versus finding a key in the "negative" state to avoid a race condition, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3485-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3485-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3485-3 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3507-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3507-2 Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:13:06.206Z

Reserved: 2017-10-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15951

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-28T02:29:00.217

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-15951

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-10-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15951 - Bugzilla

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