Vulnerability in the functions br_handle_frame_finish() and deliver_clone() of the networking component of the Linux operating system, allowing a hacker to trigger a service failure

The vulnerability of the network component of the Linux operating system’s kernel is related to incorrect synchronization when increasing counters in the functions brhandleframefinish and deliverclone in the net/bridge/brforward.c module. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker ...