CVE-2017-15274: NULL Pointer Dereference

security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 does not consider the case of a NULL payload in conjunction with a nonzero length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference and OOPS via a crafted addkey or keyctl system call, a different...

CVE-2009-3624: Undefined Security Weakness

The getinstantiationkeyring function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc5 does not properly maintain the reference count of a keyring, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service OOPS via vectors involving calls to this...