CVE

Id
86247  
CVE No.
CVE-2015-8970  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20161104)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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Id CVE Id CVE No. Reference Actions
758142 86247 CVE-2015-8970 MLIST:[oss-security] 20161104 Re: CVE request -- linux kernel: crypto: GPF in lrw_crypt caused by null-deref  View
758143 86247 CVE-2015-8970 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/3  View
758144 86247 CVE-2015-8970 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f  View
758145 86247 CVE-2015-8970 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.2  View
758146 86247 CVE-2015-8970 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386286  View
758147 86247 CVE-2015-8970 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f  View
758148 86247 CVE-2015-8970 CONFIRM:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/syzkaller/frb2XrB5aWk/xCXzkIBcDAAJ  View
758149 86247 CVE-2015-8970 BID:94217  View

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