Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Kernel versions prior to v4.9.276

Description The issue concerns the seq file function, which is related to handling sequence files. It involves disallowing extremely large seq buffer allocations. The actual impact and potential for attacks have not been fully determined.

Recommendations For Linux Kernel versions prior to v4.9.276, update to version v4.9.276 or later to resolve the issue.