vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-2636): Linux kernel vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 7, 2017
Added
Mar 8, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

Alexander Popov discovered that the N_HDLC line discipline implementation
in the Linux kernel contained a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain
administrative privileges.

Solutions

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