CVE-2016-4470

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6.3

Description The issue is related to the key reject and link function in the Linux kernel, which does not properly initialize a certain data structure. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, by using a crafted keyctl request.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6.3, update to version 4.6.3 or later to resolve the issue.