What is the risk, impact, and workaround for acpi vulnerability CVE-2017-13694?

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What is the risk or impact for acpi vulnerability CVE-2017-13694?
How did Red Hat conclude that the impact is "moderate"?
Is there a workaround?

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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