CVE-2017-6951

Name	CVE-2017-6951
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-922-1

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	6.11.9-1	fixed
	sid	6.11.10-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	wheezy	3.2.88-1		DLA-922-1
linux	source	jessie	3.16.43-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.0.2-1