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Debian: CVE-2018-7480: linux -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 25, 2018
Added
May 2, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The blkcg_init_queue function in block/blk-cgroup.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a creation failure.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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