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Debian: CVE-2017-14051: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-14051: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/31/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/25/2019
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

An integer overflow in the qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl function in drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by leveraging root access.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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