CVE-2015-1333 (GCVE-0-2015-1333)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-31 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:40
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Summary
Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
canonical CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 80/100 over 102 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2015-07-27 00:00
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      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-28T06:31:56+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2015-1333",
      "id": "CVE-2015-1333",
      "initial_release_date": "2015-07-27T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "198",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "15",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "kernel: denial of service due to memory leak in add_key()",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-1333.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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