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CVE-2016-0728observed exploitation

CVE-2016-0728

47Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Actepss 3.6%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDFeb 8
1st PoCJan 19
VulnCheck+178d
exploitation probability
3.6%top 12% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
23 public exploit(s)
The join_session_keyring function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 mishandles object references in a certain error case, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (integer overflow and use-after-free) via crafted keyctl commands.
Affected products
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