Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 14, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 2, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Aug 31, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 14, 2022
Last updated
Feb 2, 2023
Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.
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