NVD

Id
28956  
Name
CVE-2015-8970  
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.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
4.9  
Severity
Medium  
CVSS Base Score
4.9  
CVSS Impact Subscore
6.9  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.9  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2016-11-27  
Modified Date
2016-11-29  
Seq
2015-8970  

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