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  • High max 7.8
    USN-5302-1 6 CVEs 1 exploited

    linux-oem-5.14 vulnerabilities

    Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang discovered that the cgroups implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to the cgroups v1 release_agent feature. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2022-0492) Brendan Dolan-G…

    first Feb 22, 2022
  • High max 7.8
    USN-5442-1 3 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-azure-fde, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-kvm vulnerabilities

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the Network Queuing and Scheduling subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service …

    first May 24, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5544-1 4 CVEs

    linux, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the Atheros ath9k wireless device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possib…

    first Aug 2, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5540-1 4 CVEs

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

    Liu Jian 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…

    first Jul 29, 2022
  • Medium max 5.5
    USN-5500-1 8 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws vulnerabilities

    Eric Biederman discovered that the cgroup process migration implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform permission checks correctly in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2021-4197) Lin Ma d…

    first Jul 1, 2022
  • High max 7.8
    USN-5443-2 2 CVEs

    linux-gcp-5.13, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.13 vulnerabilities

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the Network Queuing and Scheduling subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service …

    first Jun 1, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5413-1 6 CVEs

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

    Jeremy Cline discovered a use-after-free in the nouveau graphics driver of the Linux kernel during device removal. A privileged or physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-27820) It was discovered tha…

    first May 12, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5265-1 10 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.11, linux-aws-5.13, linux-azure-5.11, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.11, linux-hwe-5.13, linux-kvm, linux-oem-5.13, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.11, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

    Jeremy Cline discovered a use-after-free in the nouveau graphics driver of the Linux kernel during device removal. A privileged or physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-27820) It was discovered tha…

    first Feb 3, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5417-1 8 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.13, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.13, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.13, linux-hwe-5.13, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

    Ke Sun, Alyssa Milburn, Henrique Kawakami, Emma Benoit, Igor Chervatyuk, Lisa Aichele, and Thais Moreira Hamasaki discovered that the Spectre Variant 2 mitigations for AMD processors on Linux were insufficient in some situations. A local attacker could possib…

    first May 12, 2022
  • Critical max 9.8
    USN-8716-2 15 CVEs

    ffmpeg vulnerabilities

    USN-8716-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in FFmpeg. This update provides the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain crafted media files in the VobSub subtitle demuxer. An at…

    first Sep 9, 2026
  • Critical max 9.8
    USN-8675-2 4 CVEs

    perl vulnerabilities

    USN-8675-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Perl. This update provides the corresponding fix for Perl on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Perl incorrectly handled short source addresses in the Socket module. An attacker could possib…

    first Sep 9, 2026
  • High max 8.1
    USN-8739-1 15 CVEs

    imagemagick vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LT…

    first Sep 8, 2026
  • High max 7.5
    USN-8670-3 1 CVE

    curl vulnerability

    USN-8670-1 fixed a vulnerability in curl. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Joshua Rogers discovered that curl incorrectly handled reusing connections when client certificate settings changed. This …

    first Sep 8, 2026
  • High max 8.8
    USN-8738-1 5 CVEs

    ffmpeg vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain video frames when using the hqdn3d filter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-66036) Adrian Junge discovered that FFmpeg incorre…

    first Sep 8, 2026
  • Low max 2.9
    USN-8706-1 1 CVE

    zlib vulnerability

    It was discovered that zlib incorrectly handled negative length parameters in CRC32 combine functions. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service via excessive CPU consumption.

    first Aug 31, 2026
  • Unscored
    USN-5418-1 13 CVEs

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

    Ke Sun, Alyssa Milburn, Henrique Kawakami, Emma Benoit, Igor Chervatyuk, Lisa Aichele, and Thais Moreira Hamasaki discovered that the Spectre Variant 2 mitigations for AMD processors on Linux were insufficient in some situations. A local attacker could possib…

    first May 12, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5385-1 4 CVEs

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

    Brendan Dolan-Gavitt discovered that the aQuantia AQtion Ethernet device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta-data coming from the device. A local attacker who can control an emulated device can use this to cause a denial of service (syst…

    first Apr 21, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5384-1 3 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-azure-fde, 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

    It was discovered that the UDF file system implementation in the Linux kernel could attempt to dereference a null pointer in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious UDF image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denia…

    first Apr 20, 2022
  • Medium max 6.4
    USN-5361-1 14 CVEs 1 exploited

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

    It was discovered that the VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle attempts to access disabled memory spaces. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-12888) Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the L…

    first Apr 1, 2022
  • Medium max 6.5
    USN-5210-1 7 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, 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-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities

    Nadav Amit discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform TLB flushes under certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to leak or alter data from other processes that use huge pages. (CVE-2021-4002) It was discovered t…

    first Jan 6, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5268-1 4 CVEs

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

    Keyu Man discovered that the ICMP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle received ICMP error packets. A remote attacker could use this to facilitate attacks on UDP based services that depend on source port randomization. (CVE-2021-20322) I…

    first Feb 3, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5267-1 3 CVEs

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

    It was discovered that the Bluetooth subsystem 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 execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3640) Likang Luo discovered …

    first Feb 3, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5267-3 3 CVEs

    linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities

    USN-5267-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi devices. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a use-a…

    first Feb 17, 2022
  • Unscored
    USN-5208-1 7 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.11, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.11, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.11, linux-hwe-5.11, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.11, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

    Nadav Amit discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform TLB flushes under certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to leak or alter data from other processes that use huge pages. (CVE-2021-4002) It was discovered t…

    first Jan 6, 2022
  • Medium max 6.5
    USN-4185-1 11 CVEs

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

    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 13, 2019
  • Unscored
    USN-5165-1 7 CVEs

    linux-oem-5.14 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the NFC subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability in its NFC Controller Interface (NCI) implementation. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitra…

    first Nov 30, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-5116-1 6 CVEs

    linux, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Atheros Ath9k WiFi driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (WiFi network traffic). (CVE-2020-3702) Alois Wohlschlager discovered that the overlay fi…

    first Oct 20, 2021
  • High max 8.7
    USN-5094-1 6 CVEs

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

    It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker who could start and control a VM could possibly use this to exp…

    first Sep 29, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4210-1 6 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 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the 802.11 Wi-Fi configuration interface for the Linux kernel when handling beacon settings. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (C…

    first Dec 3, 2019
  • Unscored
    USN-5116-2 6 CVEs

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

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Atheros Ath9k WiFi driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (WiFi network traffic). (CVE-2020-3702) Alois Wohlschlager discovered that the overlay fi…

    first Oct 22, 2021
  • High max 8.8
    USN-4226-1 28 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.0, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-kvm, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.0, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

    Michael Hanselmann discovered that the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel did not sanitize paths returned by an SMB server. An attacker controlling an SMB server could use this to overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2019-10220) It was discovered that a heap-…

    first Jan 7, 2020
  • High max 7.1
    USN-4209-1 3 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.0, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.0, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

    Jann Horn discovered that the OverlayFS and ShiftFS Drivers in the Linux kernel did not properly handle reference counting during memory mapping operations when used in conjunction with AUFS. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (syste…

    first Dec 2, 2019
  • High max 7.8
    USN-4186-1 13 CVEs 1 exploited

    linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm vulnerabilities

    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 13, 2019
  • Unscored
    USN-5113-1 8 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.11, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.11, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.11, linux-hwe-5.11, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.11, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Atheros Ath9k WiFi driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (WiFi network traffic). (CVE-2020-3702) Alois Wohlschlager discovered that the overlay fi…

    first Oct 19, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4211-1 3 CVEs

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

    Zhipeng Xie discovered that an infinite loop could be triggered in the CFS Linux kernel process scheduler. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-20784) Nicolas Waisman discovered that the WiFi driver stack in the Lin…

    first Dec 3, 2019
  • Medium max 6.5
    USN-4185-2 7 CVEs

    linux-azure vulnerabilities

    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 13, 2019
  • High max 8.7
    USN-5094-2 5 CVEs

    linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities

    It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker who could start and control a VM could possibly use this to exp…

    first Sep 30, 2021
  • Unscored
    USN-4211-2 3 CVEs

    linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

    USN-4211-1 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 ESM. Zhipeng Xie discovered that an infinite loop c…

    first Dec 3, 2019
  • High max 7.1
    USN-4208-1 12 CVEs

    linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities

    Jann Horn discovered that the OverlayFS and ShiftFS Drivers in the Linux kernel did not properly handle reference counting during memory mapping operations when used in conjunction with AUFS. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (syste…

    first Dec 2, 2019
  • Unscored
    USN-5096-1 16 CVEs

    linux-oem-5.13 vulnerabilities

    Valentina Palmiotti discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel could be coerced to free adjacent memory. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-41073) Benedict Schlueter discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Li…

    first Sep 29, 2021