cve/2015/CVE-2015-1333.md

### [CVE-2015-1333](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1333)
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### Description

Memory leak in the __key_link_end function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to existing keys.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

#### Github
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