CWE Code: 476
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  NULL Pointer Dereference
Summary: use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the linux kernel before 4.10.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (null pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2017-03-31
Last Modified Date: 2017-10-04