description: 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.
problem types: exhaust kernel memory
affected:
{
product: Linux kernel before 4.10.13
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: Linux kernel before 4.10.13
}