A vulnerability has been identified in Linux Kernel, which could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is due to an NULL pointer dereference error in the "do_ipv6_setsockopt()" [net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c] function when processing the "opt" parameter, which could be exploited by malicious users to panic or crash an affected system, creating a denial of service condition.
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