The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands.
References
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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce1fad2740c648a4340f6f6c391a8a83769d2e8c cve-icon cve-icon
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00026.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00031.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00013.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00017.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00018.html cve-icon cve-icon
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00021.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00022.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00034.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145975164525836&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2636.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0185.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0212.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0224.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3396 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/20/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77544 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034472 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2823-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2824-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2826-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2829-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2840-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2840-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2843-3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272172 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272371 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ce1fad2740c648a4340f6f6c391a8a83769d2e8c cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f05819df10d7b09f6d1eb6f8534a8f68e5a4fe61 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05068676 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7872 cve-icon
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7872 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-11-16T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:06:30.247Z

Reserved: 2015-10-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-7872

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-11-16T11:59:10.963

Modified: 2023-02-13T00:55:06.777

Link: CVE-2015-7872

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-10-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-7872 - Bugzilla