The vulnerability of the gss_read_proxy_verf() function in the implementation of the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol in the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the gssreadproxyverf function in the net/sunrpc/authgss/svcauthgss.c module, which is part of the Linux kernel’s Remote Procedure Call RPC implementation, is related to insufficient memory allocation for this operation. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to...