CVE-2017-15116

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).

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2017-11-30

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485815
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514609
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6