CVE-2016-10147

medium

Description

crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).

References

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/13

http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95677

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-18

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H