The vulnerability of the vmclock_miscdev_read() function in the drivers/ptp/ptp_vmclock.c module of the Linux operating system’s time support driver allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the vmclockmiscdevread function in the drivers/ptp/ptpvmclock.c module of the Linux operating system’s time support driver is related to improper control of resource identifiers “resource injection”. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service...