vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-2636: linux -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 7, 2017
Added
Mar 9, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) by setting the HDLC line discipline.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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