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CVE-2017-7472

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 2.26% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-05-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-7472
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
2.26%
Linux

Original NVD 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.