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High 1 exploited CVE USN-5240-1 1 CVE

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.11, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.11, linux-azure-5.4, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.11, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-oem-5.10, linux-oem-5.13, linux-oem-5.14, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.11, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerability

Published Jan 19, 2022 · Updated Jun 3, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

William Liu and Jamie Hill-Daniel discovered that the file system context
functionality in the Linux kernel contained an integer underflow
vulnerability, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary
code.

Fixed packages 26

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1063.66~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1067.70~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1062.66~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4 5.4.0-1059.62~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4 5.4.0-1031.32~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-96.109~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1061.65~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1050.56~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux 5.4.0-96.109
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1063.66
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11 5.11.0-1027.30~20.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1067.70
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11 5.11.0-1027.30~20.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1025.28
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1062.66
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11 5.11.0-1028.32~20.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-gke 5.4.0-1059.62
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1031.32
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1012.13
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1053.55
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10 5.10.0-1057.61
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13 5.13.0-1028.35
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14 5.14.0-1020.22
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1061.65
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11 5.11.0-1027.30~20.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1050.56

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0185