** Changed in: linux-raspi2 (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Description changed:

- [Fix handling of stored error in a negatively instantiated user key]
+ The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to
+ gain privileges or cause a denial of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl
+ commands that negatively instantiate a key, related to security/keys
+ /encrypted-keys/encrypted.c, security/keys/trusted.c, and
+ security/keys/user_defined.c.
  
  Break-Fix: - 096fe9eaea40a17e125569f9e657e34cdb6d73bd

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