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Message-ID: <e6957bccb1334b74a39ff42d1ce6aa5d@imshyb02.MITRE.ORG>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 03:06:52 -0400
From: <cve-assign@...re.org>
To: <vdronov@...hat.com>
CC: <cve-assign@...re.org>, <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: CVE request -- linux kernel: crypto: GPF in lrw_crypt caused by null-deref

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> The lrw_crypt() function in 'crypto/lrw.c' in the Linux kernel
> before 4.5 allows local users to cause a system crash and a denial
> of service by the NULL pointer dereference via accept(2) system call
> for AF_ALG socket without calling setkey() first to set a cipher key.
> 
> Initial discussion:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/syzkaller/frb2XrB5aWk/xCXzkIBcDAAJ
> 
> Red Hat Product Security Bugzilla:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1386286
> 
> Initial upstream patch (followed by a set of the related patches):
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dd504589577d8e8e70f51f997ad487a4cb6c026f

Use CVE-2015-8970.

(The scope of this CVE does not include other issues related to the
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/syzkaller/frb2XrB5aWk/R1UNCBm_DwAJ
"However, crypto is still considerably unstable. I will post reports
that I see separately." statement.)

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