CVE-2015-1333

Published Aug 31, 2015

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.
Source
security@ubuntu.com
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.9
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

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