Security Advisory
CVE-2016-10147
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).
Published Date
January 18, 2017
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory