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CVE-2017-15951

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10 does not correctly synchronize the actions of updating versus finding a key in the "negative" state to avoid a race condition, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

  • Published: Oct 28, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-15951
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 4.4 4.4.95
linux / linux_kernel 4.5 4.9.59
linux / linux_kernel 4.10 4.13.10