Summary
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Multiple devices driver;
- Network drivers;
- Sonic Silicon Backplane drivers;
- File systems infrastructure;
- Closures library;
- Netfilter;
(CVE-2024-41012, CVE-2024-38597, CVE-2024-42252, CVE-2024-43914,
CVE-2024-38553, CVE-2024-40982, CVE-2024-41066, CVE-2024-42311,
CVE-2024-41020, CVE-2024-53141)
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 4.4.0-1141.152 |
Vulnerabilities 10
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High 7.8
filelock: Remove locks reliably when fcntl/close race is detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: filelock: Remove locks reliably when fcntl/close race is detected When fcntl_setlk() races with close(), it removes the created lock with do_lock_file_wait(). However, LSMs can allow the firs…
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High 7.8
filelock: Fix fcntl/close race recovery compat path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: filelock: Fix fcntl/close race recovery compat path When I wrote commit 3cad1bc01041 ("filelock: Remove locks reliably when fcntl/close race is detected"), I missed that there are two copies …
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High 7.8
hfs: fix to initialize fields of hfs_inode_info after hfs_alloc_inode()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hfs: fix to initialize fields of hfs_inode_info after hfs_alloc_inode() Syzbot reports uninitialized value access issue as below: loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 64 ================…
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High 7.8
netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt When tb[IPSET_ATTR_IP_TO] is not present but tb[IPSET_ATTR_CIDR] exists, the values of ip and ip_to are slightly swapped. Therefore…
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High 7.5
ibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak Below is a summary of how the driver stores a reference to an skb during transmit: tx_buff[free_map[consumer_index]]->skb = new_skb; free_map[consume…
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Unscored —
net: fec: remove .ndo_poll_controller to avoid deadlocks
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fec: remove .ndo_poll_controller to avoid deadlocks There is a deadlock issue found in sungem driver, please refer to the commit ac0a230f719b ("eth: sungem: remove .ndo_poll_controller t…
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Unscored —
eth: sungem: remove .ndo_poll_controller to avoid deadlocks
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: sungem: remove .ndo_poll_controller to avoid deadlocks Erhard reports netpoll warnings from sungem: netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(): eth0 enabled interrupts in poll (gem_start_xmit+0x0/0x398) …
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Unscored —CVE-2024-40982 Rejected
This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.
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Unscored —
closures: Change BUG_ON() to WARN_ON()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: closures: Change BUG_ON() to WARN_ON() If a BUG_ON() can be hit in the wild, it shouldn't be a BUG_ON() For reference, this has popped up once in the CI, and we'll need more info to debug it:…
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Unscored —
md/raid5: avoid BUG_ON() while continue reshape after reassembling
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid5: avoid BUG_ON() while continue reshape after reassembling Currently, mdadm support --revert-reshape to abort the reshape while reassembling, as the test 07revert-grow. However, follo…
References
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38553
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38597
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40982
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41012
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41020
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-41066
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42252
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-42311
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-43914
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report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53141