CVE-2015-1333: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.1.3

Published 2015-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.