USN-2824-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 2 Downstream: 0
Published: 01 Dec 2015, 21:59
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:36

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Dec 2015, 21:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:36
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

linux-lts-utopic vulnerability Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel's keyring handler attempted to garbage collect incompletely instantiated keys. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-55.74~14.04.1

References (2)