The join_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 mishandles object references in a certain error case, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and use-after-free) via crafted keyctl commands.
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2870-2 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2871-2 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2872-2 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0728 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160211-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39277/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-02-08T02:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:30:03.960Z

Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-0728

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-08T03:59:10.887

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:42:15.853

Link: CVE-2016-0728

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-0728 - Bugzilla