The vulnerability of the acpi_ns_walk_namespace() function in the drivers/acpi/acpica/nswalk.c driver for the ACPI driver (an extended configuration and power management interface) in the Linux kernel allows a malicious actor to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the acpinswalknamespace function in the drivers/acpi/acpica/nswalk.c driver of the ACPI driver an extended configuration and power management interface of the Linux kernel is related to pointer manipulation. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a...