UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47291

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix another slab-out-of-bounds in fib6nhflushexceptions While running the self-tests on a KASAN enabled kernel, I observed a slab-out-of-bounds splat very similar to the one reported in commit 821bbf79fe46 "ipv6: Fix KASAN:...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from an error in the fib6nhflushexceptions method of the ipv6 module...