{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2015-10-12T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: Keyrings crash triggerable by unprivileged user",
    "id" : "1272371",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272371"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "7.2",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-456",
  "details" : [ "The key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl commands.", "It was found that the Linux kernel's keys subsystem did not correctly garbage collect uninstantiated keyrings. A local attacker could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system." ],
  "statement" : "This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 , 7 and Red Hat MRG 2. Future updates for the respective releases may address this flaw.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "release_date" : "2015-12-15T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2015:2636",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.32-573.12.1.el6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "release_date" : "2016-02-16T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2016:0212",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras_rt:7",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-327.10.1.rt56.211.el7_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "release_date" : "2016-02-16T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2016:0185",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7",
    "package" : "kernel-0:3.10.0-327.10.1.el7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2",
    "release_date" : "2016-02-16T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2016:0224",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-1:3.10.0-327.rt56.171.el6rt"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7872\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7872" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2015-7872",
  "csaw" : false
}