0-day in Linux kernel endangers Linux servers, Android devices (Help Net Security)

2016-01-20 14:36

A serious and pretty longstanding flaw in the Linux kernel has been recently discovered by researchers from infosec outfit Perception Point. The vulnerability (CVE-2016-0728) is caused by a referen...

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DATE	CVE	VULNERABILITY TITLE	RISK
2016-02-08	CVE-2016-0728	The join_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 mishandles object references in a certain error case, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and use-after-free) via crafted keyctl commands. local low complexity google hp linux debian canonical	7.8

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VENDOR	LAST 12M	#/PRODUCTS	LOW	MEDIUM	HIGH	CRITICAL	TOTAL VULNS
Linux		11	69	3965	2016	67	6117
Kernel		3	0	7	4	1	12

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