LIN8-8295 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2017-15116
Created: Dec 4, 2017
Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Dec 26, 2017
Found In Version: 8.0
Fix Version: 8.0.0.25
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
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