Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.15, Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/ioapic: Handling allocation failures gracefully Breno observed panics when using failslab under certain conditions during runtime: - can not alloc irqpinlist -1,0,20 - Kernel panic – not syncing: IO-APIC: Failed to add irq-pi...

kernel: x86/ioapic: Handle allocation failures gracefully

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's x86 IO-APIC Input/Output Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller component. A local attacker with low privileges could trigger an interrupt allocation failure under specific runtime conditions. This failure would lead to a kernel panic, resulting in a...