Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-17807
CVE-2017-17807
Description
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.14.6 omitted an access-control check when adding a key to the current task's "default request-key keyring" via the request_key() system call, allowing a local user to use a sequence of crafted system calls to add keys to a keyring with only Search permission (not Write permission) to that keyring, related to construct_get_dest_keyring() in security/keys/request_key.c.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
15- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4dca6ea1d9432052afb06baf2e3ae78188a4410bnvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102301nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.6nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListRelease Notes
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.htmlnvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082nvd
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