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high 7.8

CVE-2017-2647 json

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer derefer…

published 2017-03-31 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11801

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain match field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function in keyring.c.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2647

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-164.214

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2647

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  • kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
  • python-perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
  • kernel-firmware RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
  • kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:3548RHSA-2017:2437RHSA-2017:2077RHSA-2017:1842RHSA-2020:3836RHSA-2017:2444

  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.61-52.101.1
  • kernel-ec2 SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
  • kernel-pae SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
  • kernel-xen SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
  • kernel-syms SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
  • kernel-trace SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
  • kernel-source SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
  • kernel-default SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2920-1SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1SUSE-SU-2017:2389-1SUSE-SU-2017:2342-1SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-2647 updated cvss 7.8

kernel: Null pointer dereference in search_keyring

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-693.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-693.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1842
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.3) perf 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2437
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1842
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.3) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2437
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3548
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7, kernel-rt-kvm 3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7, kernel-rt-trace-kvm 3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2077
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3548
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1842
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) kernel 2.6.32-504.84.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.84.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3836
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) perf 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2437
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3548
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-693.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1842
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-504.84.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3836
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.3) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-514.28.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2437
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3548
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-693.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1842
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.33.1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3548
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1842
  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 6 Server v.2 kernel-rt 3.10.0-514.rt56.231.el6rt, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-514.rt56.231.el6rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 3.10.0-514.rt56.231.el6rt, kernel-rt-firmware 3.10.0-514.rt56.231.el6rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-514.rt56.231.el6rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2444
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) kernel-headers 3.10.0-693.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) kernel-headers 3.10.0-693.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) kernel-headers 3.10.0-693.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) perf 2.6.32-504.84.1.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-504.84.1.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-504.84.1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) python-perf 2.6.32-504.84.1.el6
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) kernel-headers 3.10.0-693.el7
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

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