CVE-2015-7550

The keyctl_read_key function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.4 does not properly use a semaphore, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that leverages a race condition between keyctl_revoke and keyctl_read calls.

Date published : 2016-02-07

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79903

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b4a1b4f5047e4f54e194681125c74c0aa64d637d