Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the Linux kernel before 4.10.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16401 Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the Linux kernel before 4.10.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3265-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3265-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3342-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3342-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:56:36.459Z

Reserved: 2017-03-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7374

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-31T20:59:00.167

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7374

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-03-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7374 - Bugzilla

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