{"id":"CVE-2017-15951","details":"The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10 does not correctly synchronize the actions of updating versus finding a key in the \"negative\" state to avoid a race condition, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.","modified":"2026-03-14T14:26:59.072958Z","published":"2017-10-28T02:29:00.217Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2018:0785-1","SUSE-SU-2018:0786-1","SUSE-SU-2018:0986-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.10"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101621"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=363b02dab09b3226f3bd1420dad9c72b79a42a76"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/363b02dab09b3226f3bd1420dad9c72b79a42a76"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"4.4"},{"fixed":"4.4.95"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.9.59"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.10"},{"fixed":"4.13.10"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-15951.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}