Description
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
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a Linux kernel
Linux kernelaffected
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1485815 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514609 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/94f1bb15bed84ad6c893916b7e7b9db6f1d7eec6 ↗