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  • Medium max 6.5
    USN-4318-1 3 CVEs

    linux, linux-hwe vulnerabilities

    Al Viro discovered that the vfs layer in the Linux kernel contained a use- 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-2020-8428) Gustavo …

    first Apr 6, 2020
  • Medium max 4.4
    USN-4425-1 4 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-riscv vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the network block device (nbd) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for error conditions in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-16089) It was d…

    first Jul 27, 2020
  • Medium max 5.8
    USN-4302-1 9 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon, linux-azure vulnerabilities

    Paulo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel could improperly let a nested (level 2) guest access the resources of a parent (level 1) guest in certain situations. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive informatio…

    first Mar 25, 2020
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-3821-2 7 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

    USN-3821-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem imp…

    first Nov 14, 2018
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-3654-2 13 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

    USN-3654-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Jann Horn and Ken Johnso…

    first May 22, 2018
  • Medium max 6.2
    LSN-0065-1 3 CVEs

    Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

    Andrew Honig reported a flaw in the way KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) emulated the IOAPIC. A privileged guest user could exploit this flaw to read host memory or cause a denial of service (crash the host). (CVE-2013-1798) It was discovered that the KVM i…

    first Apr 9, 2020
  • Medium max 5.9
    USN-3752-1 18 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null pointer dereference could be triggered in the Linux kernel in some circumstances. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-10002…

    first Aug 24, 2018
  • Medium max 5.3
    USN-3879-2 5 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

    USN-3879-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system im…

    first Feb 4, 2019
  • Medium max 6.5
    USN-4182-2 2 CVEs

    intel-microcode update

    USN-4182-2 provided updates for Intel Microcode. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Mori…

    first Nov 12, 2019
  • Medium max 6.1
    USN-4413-1 5 CVEs

    linux-gke-5.0, linux-oem-osp1 vulnerabilities

    Matthew Sheets discovered that the SELinux network label handling implementation in the Linux kernel could be coerced into de-referencing a NULL pointer. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-10711) It was dis…

    first Jul 2, 2020
  • Medium max 5.9
    USN-4411-1 5 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, inux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-riscv vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the elf handling code in the Linux kernel did not initialize memory before using it in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2020-10732) Matthew Sheets discove…

    first Jul 6, 2020
  • Medium max 6.1
    USN-4389-1 6 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-riscv vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the F2FS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking on xattrs in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2020-0067) It …

    first Jun 10, 2020
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-4752-1 20 CVEs

    linux-oem-5.6 vulnerabilities

    Daniele Antonioli, Nils Ole Tippenhauer, and Kasper Rasmussen discovered that legacy pairing and secure-connections pairing authentication in the Bluetooth protocol could allow an unauthenticated user to complete authentication without pairing credentials via…

    first Feb 25, 2021
  • Medium max 6.5
    USN-4419-1 5 CVEs

    linux, linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after- free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possib…

    first Jul 6, 2020
  • Medium max 6.5
    USN-3932-1 20 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-18249) Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux …

    first Apr 2, 2019
  • Medium max 6.7
    USN-5470-1 4 CVEs

    linux-oem-5.14 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the kernel debugger when booted in secure boot environments. A privileged attacker could use this to bypass UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. (CVE-2022-21499) Aaron Adams discovered that…

    first Jun 8, 2022
  • Medium max 5.9
    USN-4414-1 12 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the network block device (nbd) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for error conditions in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-16089) It was d…

    first Jul 6, 2020
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-3653-2 6 CVEs

    linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oem vulnerabilities

    USN-3653-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discov…

    first May 22, 2018
  • Medium max 5.6
    USN-3756-1 3 CVEs

    intel-microcode vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that memory present in the L1 data cache of an Intel CPU core may be exposed to a malicious process that is executing on the CPU core. This vulnerability is also known as L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF). A local attacker in a guest virtual machine …

    first Aug 27, 2018
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-3821-1 7 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly ensure that xattr information remained in inode bodies. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of s…

    first Nov 14, 2018
  • Medium max 5.3
    USN-5567-1 3 CVEs 1 exploited

    linux-oem-5.14, linux-oem-5.17 vulnerabilities

    Zhenpeng Lin discovered that the network packet scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly remove all references to a route filter before freeing it in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system cr…

    first Aug 10, 2022
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-4439-1 14 CVEs

    linux-gke-5.0, linux-oem-osp1 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the network block device (nbd) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for error conditions in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-16089) It was d…

    first Jul 27, 2020
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-3655-1 11 CVEs

    linux vulnerabilities

    Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensiti…

    first May 22, 2018
  • Medium max 5.9
    USN-3752-3 18 CVEs

    linux-azure, linux-oem, linux-gcp vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that, when attempting to handle an out-of-memory situation, a null pointer dereference could be triggered in the Linux kernel in some circumstances. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-10002…

    first Aug 28, 2018
  • Medium max 6.5
    USN-4182-1 2 CVEs

    intel-microcode update

    Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian Österlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss, and Jo Van Bulck discovered that Intel processors using Transactional Synchro…

    first Nov 12, 2019
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-3654-1 13 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, vulnerabilities

    Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensiti…

    first May 22, 2018
  • Medium max 6.1
    USN-4412-1 5 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.3, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.3, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities

    Matthew Sheets discovered that the SELinux network label handling implementation in the Linux kernel could be coerced into de-referencing a NULL pointer. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-10711) It was dis…

    first Jul 6, 2020
  • Medium max 6.2
    USN-4301-1 8 CVEs

    linux-aws-5.0, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-oracle-5.0, linux-azure vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel, when paravirtual TLB flushes are enabled in guests, the hypervisor in some situations could miss deferred TLB flushes or otherwise mishandle them. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to e…

    first Mar 25, 2020
  • Medium max 6.2
    USN-4300-1 11 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel, when paravirtual TLB flushes are enabled in guests, the hypervisor in some situations could miss deferred TLB flushes or otherwise mishandle them. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to e…

    first Mar 25, 2020
  • Medium max 5.9
    USN-3752-2 18 CVEs

    linux-hwe vulnerabilities

    USN-3752-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that, when attempting to han…

    first Aug 24, 2018
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-6706-1 1 CVE

    linux-oem-6.1 vulnerability

    It was discovered that the Microchip USB Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system cras…

    first Mar 20, 2024
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-6384-1 2 CVEs

    linux-oem-6.1 vulnerabilities

    Jana Hofmann, Emanuele Vannacci, Cedric Fournet, Boris Kopf, and Oleksii Oleksenko discovered that some AMD processors could leak stale data from division operations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive informati…

    first Sep 19, 2023
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-5605-1 2 CVEs

    linux-azure-fde vulnerabilities

    Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express (ixgbe) Ethernet driver for the Linux kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-33061) It was discover…

    first Sep 9, 2022
  • Medium max 5.3
    USN-5582-1 11 CVEs 1 exploited

    linux-azure-fde vulnerabilities

    Arthur Mongodin discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform data validation. A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges in certain situations. (CVE-2022-34918) Zhenpeng Lin discovered that the network packe…

    first Aug 25, 2022
  • Medium max 6.5
    USN-5318-1 4 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-azure-fde, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities

    Nick Gregory discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly handled network offload functionality. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25636) Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, He…

    first Mar 9, 2022
  • Medium max 6.6
    USN-5266-1 2 CVEs 1 exploited

    linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the Packet network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-22600) Luo L…

    first Feb 3, 2022
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-4750-1 10 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities

    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…

    first Feb 25, 2021
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-4749-1 9 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-dell300x, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

    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…

    first Feb 25, 2021
  • Medium max 5.1
    USN-4681-1 6 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

    Ryan Hall discovered that the Intel 700 Series Ethernet Controllers driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-0148) It w…

    first Jan 6, 2021
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-4751-1 18 CVEs

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

    It was discovered that the console keyboard driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2020-25656) Minh Yuan discovered that the tty driver in the Linux kernel c…

    first Feb 25, 2021