CVE-2015-8970

N/A

Description

crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.2 does not verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AF_ALG socket before an accept system call is processed, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted application that does not supply a key, related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published11/28/2016

Last Modified4/12/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.2(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/3(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94217(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2437(secalert@redhat.com)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2444(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386286(secalert@redhat.com)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f(secalert@redhat.com)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/syzkaller/frb2XrB5aWk/xCXzkIBcDAAJ(secalert@redhat.com)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94217(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2437(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2444(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386286(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/syzkaller/frb2XrB5aWk/xCXzkIBcDAAJ(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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