CVE-2017-17807

NameCVE-2017-17807
DescriptionThe KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.14.6 omitted an access-control check when adding a key to the current task's "default request-key keyring" via the request_key() system call, allowing a local user to use a sequence of crafted system calls to add keys to a keyring with only Search permission (not Write permission) to that keyring, related to construct_get_dest_keyring() in security/keys/request_key.c.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1232-1, DSA-4073-1, DSA-4082-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)buster4.19.249-2fixed
buster (security)4.19.304-1fixed
bullseye5.10.209-2fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.205-2fixed
bookworm6.1.76-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.69-1fixed
trixie6.6.15-2fixed
sid6.7.9-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.96-3DLA-1232-1
linuxsourcejessie3.16.51-3+deb8u1DSA-4082-1
linuxsourcestretch4.9.65-3+deb9u1DSA-4073-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.14.7-1

Notes

Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/4dca6ea1d9432052afb06baf2e3ae78188a4410b (v4.15-rc3)

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