Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.13.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005635
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 May 2018

CVE-2017-18270  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.13.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). In the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, a local user could create keyrings for other users via keyctl commands, setting unwanted defaults or causing a denial of service.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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