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CVE-2016-0728

Public on 2016-01-19
Modified on 2016-01-19
Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's key management subsystem handled keyring object reference counting in certain error path of the join_session_keyring() function. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2016-01-19 17:07 ALAS-2016-642

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H