Denial of service vulnerability in kernel multiple "keyctl newring" operations - CVE-2014-3631Deprecated |
ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:21816 | Date: (C)2014-12-01 (M)2024-02-19 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
The host is installed with Linux kernel before 3.16.3 and is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which does not properly implement garbage collection. Successful exploitation allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Platform: |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |