Summary
Bodong Zhao discovered a use-after-free in the Sun keyboard driver
implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-25669)
It was discovered that the jfs file system implementation in the Linux
kernel contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker
could use this to possibly cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2020-27815)
Shisong Qin and Bodong Zhao discovered that Speakup screen reader driver in
the Linux kernel did not correctly handle setting line discipline in some
situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash). (CVE-2020-27830, CVE-2020-28941)
It was discovered that an information leak existed in the syscall
implementation in the Linux kernel on 32 bit systems. A local attacker
could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
(CVE-2020-28588)
Michael Kurth and Pawel Wieczorkiewicz discovered that the Xen event
processing backend in the Linux kernel did not properly limit the number of
events queued. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial
of service in the host OS. (CVE-2020-29568)
Olivier Benjamin and Pawel Wieczorkiewicz discovered a race condition the
Xen paravirt block backend in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free
vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial
of service in the host OS. (CVE-2020-29569)
Jann Horn discovered that the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel did not use
consistent locking in some situations, leading to a read-after-free
vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
(CVE-2020-29660)
Jann Horn discovered a race condition in the tty subsystem of the Linux
kernel in the locking for the TIOCSPGRP ioctl(), leading to a use-after-
free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-29661)
It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not
properly handle filter rules in some situations. A local attacker with the
CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-20177)
Fixed packages 16
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.4 | 5.4.0-1038.40~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.4 | 5.4.0-1040.42~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.4 | 5.4.0-1037.40~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | linux-gke-5.4 | 5.4.0-1036.38~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | linux-gkeop-5.4 | 5.4.0-1010.11~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.4 | 5.4.0-66.74~18.04.2 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | linux-oracle-5.4 | 5.4.0-1038.41~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | linux-raspi-5.4 | 5.4.0-1029.32~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | linux | 5.4.0-66.74 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.4.0-1038.40 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.4.0-1040.42 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.4.0-1037.40 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.4.0-1010.11 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.4.0-1033.34 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.4.0-1038.41 |
| Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.4.0-1029.32 |
Vulnerabilities 10
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Medium 5.5
An issue was discovered in drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_ttyio.c in the Linux kernel through 5.9.9. Local attackers…
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Medium 4.0
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the /proc/pid/syscall functionality of Linux Kernel 5.1 Stable and 5.…
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Unscored —
A vulnerability was found in the Linux Kernel where the function sunkbd_reinit having been scheduled by sunkbd_interrup…
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Unscored —CVE-2020-27815 Public exploit
A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the ability to set e…
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Unscored —
A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel where in the spk_ttyio_receive_buf2() function, it would dereference spk_ttyi…
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Unscored —
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x. Some OSes (such as Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD) are processing watch even…
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Unscored —
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.10.1, as used with Xen through 4.14.x. The Linux kernel PV block …
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Unscored —
A locking inconsistency issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_i…
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Unscored —CVE-2020-29661 Public exploit
A locking issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13. drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c allow…
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Unscored —
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of string matching within a packet. A privileged user (with root …
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25669
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27815
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-27830
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28588
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28941
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29568
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29569
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29660
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29661
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20177