{"id":"CVE-2017-15116","details":"The rngapi_reset function in crypto/rng.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).","modified":"2026-03-14T14:26:39.966552Z","published":"2017-11-30T18:29:00.320Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485815"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514609"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-15116.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}