Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in many iterations and distributions of Linux.
The flaws, as reported by Linux vulnerability researcher Jens Axboe on Wednesday, affect versions of Ubuntu, Suse, Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian and iterations of the Linux kernel up to, but not including, Linux 2.6.24.1.
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