Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
High USN-6605-2 4 CVEs

linux-kvm vulnerabilities

Published Jan 29, 2024 · Updated Oct 22, 2026

Summary

Lin Ma discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not
properly validate network family support while creating a new netfilter
table. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-6040)

It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the
Linux kernel did not properly validate the server frame size in certain
situation, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker
could use this to construct a malicious CIFS image that, when operated on,
could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2023-6606)

Budimir Markovic, Lucas De Marchi, and Pengfei Xu discovered that the perf
subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate all event sizes
when attaching new events, leading to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability.
A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)
or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-6931)

It was discovered that the IGMP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel
contained a race condition, 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-2023-6932)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1105.112

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6040
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6606
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6931
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6932