The vulnerability of the ethtool_get_link_ksettings() function in the net/ethtool/ioctl.c module of the Linux kernel’s networking functions allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the ethtoolgetlinkksettings function in the net/ethtool/ioctl.c module of the Linux kernel’s networking functions relates to access to an uninitialized pointer. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...