{
    "id": "CVE-2017-7472",
    "published": "2017-05-11 19:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:24:25",
    "cvss_score": "5.5",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-404",
    "description": "The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.",
    "epss_score": "0.02263",
    "epss_percentile": "0.82468",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-08 18:17:18",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "42136",
            "title": "Linux Kernel < 4.10.13 - 'keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring' Local Denial of Service",
            "date": "2017-06-07",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42136"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/11/1",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98422",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038471",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181",
        "https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034862",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442086",
        "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b",
        "https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/1/235",
        "https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/3/724",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42136/",
        "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.13",
        "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9f838d104fed6f2f61d68164712e3204bf5271b",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html",
        "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/11/1",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98422",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038471",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181",
        "https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034862",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442086"
    ]
}