vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-11473: linux -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 20, 2017
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel through 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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