Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation’s open source operating system, Linux. Linux kernel is vulnerable to a denial-of-service vulnerability caused by a “use before read” flaw in the sock_getsockopt() function in net/core/sock.c. " flaw in the sock_getsockopt() function in net/core/sock.c. A locally authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the system or obtain internal kernel information.