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CVE-2016-10147

CVE-2016-10147

EPSS 0.4%
crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cdhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cdhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/13http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95677