Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-7472
Published: April 30, 2018 / Updated: September 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12299
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7472
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoD condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the KEYS subsystem due to memory consumption. A local attacker can cause the service to crash via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
The weakness exists in the KEYS subsystem due to memory consumption. A local attacker can cause the service to crash via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7472
Update to version 4.10.13.