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High USN-4879-1 2 CVEs

linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

Published Mar 16, 2021 · Updated Jun 3, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that the Marvell WiFi-Ex device driver in the Linux
kernel did not properly validate ad-hoc SSIDs. A local attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-36158)

Loris Reiff discovered that the BPF implementation in the Linux kernel did
not properly validate attributes in the getsockopt BPF hook. A local
attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash). (CVE-2021-20194)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8 5.8.0-45.51~20.04.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36158
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20194