Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: denial of service following insufficient locking
May 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Linux.
– Severity: 1/4.
– Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service, denial of service on client.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 30/04/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error in the Linux kernel, in
order to trigger a denial of service.
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