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Bug 627030 (CVE-2017-6214)

Summary: Linux Kernel Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6214)
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: D'juan McDonald (domhnall) <flopwiki>
Component: KernelAssignee: Gentoo Kernel Security <security-kernel>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: netbox253, security-kernel
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96421/info
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Description D'juan McDonald (domhnall) 2017-08-04 05:52:01 UTC
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Linux Kernel is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause the kernel to enter into an infinite loop which may cause denial-of-service conditions.
Comment 2 John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-03-26 00:07:48 UTC
Fixed in 4.9.11, 4.10+