The vulnerability of the acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage() function in the driver/acpi/acpica/utcopy.c file of the ACPI driver for the Linux kernel’s Extended Configuration and Power Management interface allows a malicious actor to cause a system failure.

The vulnerability of the acpiutcopyipackagetoipackage function in the driver/acpi/acpica/utcopy.c file of the ACPI driver an extended configuration and power management interface for the Linux kernel is related to the reallocation of previously freed memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could...