CVE-2015-8970

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.2 does not verify that a setkey operation has been performed on an AF_ALG socket before an accept system call is processed, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted application that does not supply a key, related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Nov 28, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-8970: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix