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      "value": "La caracter\u00edstica cookie en la implementaci\u00f3n del paquete de acci\u00f3n API en net/sched/act_api.c en el kernel de Linux 4.11.x hasta la versi\u00f3n 4.11-rc7 no maneja adecuadamente el array tb nlattr, lo que permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (acceso a memoria no inicializado y desbordamiento inferior de conteo de referencias y cuelgue o ca\u00edda de sistema) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a trav\u00e9s de comandos \"tc filter add\" en ciertos contextos. NOTA: esto no afecta a kernels estables, como 4.10.x, de kernel.org."
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