CVE-2024-43873

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Si VIRTIO_VSOCK_F_SEQPACKET est\u00e1 configurado y luego borrado, entonces seqpacket_allow no se borrar\u00e1 apropiadamente (las aplicaciones existentes que conozco generalmente no hacen esto, pero es legal y no hay forma de estar seguro de que nadie conf\u00ede en esto). 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