Linux kernel denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2017-06929)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the 'ipxitfioctl' function of the net/ipx/afipx.c file in Linux kernel version 4.11.1 and earlier, which stems from the program...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7487

The ipxitfioctl function in net/ipx/afipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl call for an IPX interface...