CVE-2017-7472: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.10.12

Published 2017-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.