Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9211
CVE-2017-9211
Description
The crypto_skcipher_init_tfm function in crypto/skcipher.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.2 relies on a setkey function that lacks a key-size check, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted application.
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