** Description changed:

- [espfix bypass using set_thread_area]
+ arch/x86/kernel/tls.c in the Thread Local Storage (TLS) implementation
+ in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 allows local users to bypass the
+ espfix protection mechanism, and consequently makes it easier for local
+ users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted application
+ that makes a set_thread_area system call and later reads a 16-bit value.
  
  Break-Fix: - 41bdc78544b8a93a9c6814b8bbbfef966272abbe

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