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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2011-4621
Created:March 7, 2012 Updated:March 7, 2012
Description: In some situations, user-space processes can cause specific kernel threads to block.
Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1394-1 2012-03-07
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