High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-2647
CVE-2017-2647
Description
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain match field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function in keyring.c.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
10- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c06cfb08b88dfbe13be44a69ae2fdc3a7c902d81nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97258nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2437nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2444nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/nvd
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