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Debian: CVE-2016-2069: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-2069: linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/04/2016
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

Race condition in arch/x86/mm/tlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering access to a paging structure by a different CPU.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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