high7.8
CVE-2015-8539
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that neg…
Impact
The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and security/keys/user_defined.c.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 14.04 |
| Suse | Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension | Version 12 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 4.4 Version 4.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096fe9eaea40a17e125569f9e657e34cdb6d73bd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/09/1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1284450
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096fe9eaea40a17e125569f9e657e34cdb6d73bd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096fe9eaea40a17e125569f9e657e34cdb6d73bd