LIN7-9230 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2017-15116
Created: Dec 4, 2017
Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Jan 17, 2018
Found In Version: 7.0
Fix Version: 7.0.0.28
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Kernel
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).
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15116
