CVE-2017-15116 (GCVE-0-2017-15116)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-30 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The rngapi_reset function in crypto/rng.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- null pointer dereference
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485815 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514609 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f1bb15… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Linux kernel |
Affected:
Linux kernel
|
Date Public
2017-11-30 00:00
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