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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17807 Low

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17807

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.14.6 omitted an access-control check when adding a key to the current task's "default request-key keyring" via the request_key() system call, allowing a local user to use a sequence of crafted system calls to add keys to a keyring with only Search permission (not Write permission) to that keyring, related to construct_get_dest_keyring() in security/keys/request_key.c.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 20, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change April 22, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux

128 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-aws

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

49 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

70 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

31 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oem

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

44 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

41 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

3 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-3617-1
related USN-3617-3
related USN-3620-2

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17807

The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.14.6 omitted an access-control check when adding a key to the current task's "default request-key keyring" via the request_key() system call, allowing a local user to use a sequence of crafted system calls to add keys to a keyring with only Search permission (not Write permission) to that keyring, related to construct_get_dest_keyring() in security/keys/request_key.c.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence