PT-2016-4081
CVE-2015-8970
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Published
2016-02-20
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Updated
2023-02-13
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4.2
Description
The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash due to a NULL pointer dereference. This occurs when a crafted application does not supply a key, related to the
lrw crypt function.Recommendations
For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.4.2, update to version 4.4.2 or later to resolve the issue.
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Exploit
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