CVE-2016-4470

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CVSS v3
N/A
CVSS v2
4.9
MEDIUM
Affected
1
PROJECT

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.

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