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CVE-2017-2647

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain match field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function in keyring.c.

  • Published: Mar 31, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-2647
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

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 - 3.17.8.x