{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"CVE-2017-6951","published":"2017-03-16T18:59:00.147Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:20:36.906873218Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2342-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2389-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2920-1"],"details":"The keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.79 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call for the \"dead\" type.","affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6951.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3.14.79"}]}]}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96943"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01845.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01846.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.spinics.net/lists/keyrings/msg01849.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842"}],"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}