| Name | CVE-2015-7872 |
| Description | The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3396-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.5-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.12.6-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272371
Prerequisite for Fedora patches: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94c4554ba07adbdde396748ee7ae01e86cf2d8d7
Patches from Fedora: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/kernel.git/commit/?id=d76d5fe34b5c151ad83761160998b1075729b541
Upstream commit: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f05819df10d7b09f6d1eb6f8534a8f68e5a4fe61 (v4.3-rc7)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/20/5