CVE-2016-0728 (GCVE-0-2016-0728)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-02-08 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
42 references
Date Public
2016-01-19 00:00
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