CVE-2017-15116: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The rngapi_reset function in crypto/rng.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.2 (fixed in 4.2)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 7.0 only

Published 2017-11-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.