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CVE-2017-16995 high priority: Ubuntu including 79 source packages (linux, linux-aws, …), 654 status rows across 11 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): DNE 425, not-affected 122, released 96, ignored 11.
The check_alu_op function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect sign extension.