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.
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42136/
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/homjxi0e/CVE-2017-7472