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Debian: CVE-2017-1000407: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-1000407: linux -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
12/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/24/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

The Linux Kernel 2.6.32 and later are affected by a denial of service, by flooding the diagnostic port 0x80 an exception can be triggered leading to a kernel panic.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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