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kernel: local privesc in key management

🗓️ 25 Jan 2018 11:17:48Reported by RedHatType 
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Kernel local privilege escalation via key management flaw: negative instantiation caches an error in payload and can be overwritten.

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RedHat Linux		CVE-2015-8539
26 Jan 201805:22
–redhat
RedHat Linux		Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update
25 Jan 201811:17
–redhat
RedHat Linux		Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
25 Jan 201811:18
–redhat
RedHat Linux		kernel: local privesc in key management
25 Jan 201811:18
–redhat
RedHat Linux		Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security and bug fix update
25 Jan 201811:26
–redhat
RedHat Linux		kernel: local privesc in key management
25 Jan 201811:26
–redhat
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by Linux kernel vulnerabilities
25 Jul 201814:37
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel affect PowerKVM
6 Jul 201823:49
–ibm
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2018:0151) (Meltdown) (Spectre)
26 Jan 201800:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1489)
13 May 201900:00
–nessus
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64kernel0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7kernel-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64lekernel0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7kernel-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390xkernel0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7kernel-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7x86_64kernel0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7kernel-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7anykernel-abi-whitelists0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.noarchkernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.noarch.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64kernel-bootwrapper0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64lekernel-bootwrapper0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64kernel-debug0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64lekernel-debug0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390xkernel-debug0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.s390x.rpm
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28 Jun 2026 12:16Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 27.2
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00427
CWE-667
kernelkey managementprivilege escalationnegative instantiationpayload errorupdate method
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