CVE-2016-4470
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 27, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 2, 2016
Description
The key_reject_and_link function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2 command.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- SUSE-SU-2016:2010vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2011vendor-advisory
- USN-3054-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2003vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1657vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1994vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- USN-3051-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2128vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1961vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2133vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- SUSE-SU-2016:2001vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1985vendor-advisory
- USN-3053-1vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2184vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1998vendor-advisory
- USN-3055-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2006vendor-advisory
- USN-3056-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3052-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3049-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1541vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2014vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2018vendor-advisory
- DSA-3607vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:1539vendor-advisory
- 1036763vdb-entry
- RHSA-2016:1532vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2006vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2009vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38327424b40bcebe2de92d07312c89360ac9229a
- [oss-security] 20160615 CVE-2016-4470: Linux kernel Uninitialized variable in request_key handling user controlled kfree().mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1341716
- USN-3050-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2005vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2007vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1999vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2000vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2076vendor-advisory
- USN-3057-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1995vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2074vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2105vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:2002vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/38327424b40bcebe2de92d07312c89360ac9229a
- SUSE-SU-2016:1937vendor-advisory
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