{"id":"CVE-2016-10147","details":"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).","modified":"2026-03-12T22:11:22.440403Z","published":"2017-01-18T21:59:00.167Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95677"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/13"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cd"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10147.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.8.14"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}