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CVE-2015-1333

Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial

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Summary

Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.

Timeline

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 16

kernel.org

ubuntu.com

rhn.redhat.com

GitHub · torvalds/linux

bugzilla.redhat.com

debian.org

oracle.com

securityfocus.com

git.kernel.org

openwall.com

support.f5.com