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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-16880): Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-16880): Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/29/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
03/16/2019
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handle_rx() function in the [vhost_net] driver. A malicious virtual guest, under specific conditions, can trigger an out-of-bounds write in a kmalloc-8 slab on a virtual host which may lead to a kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out. Versions from v4.16 and newer are vulnerable.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-18-0-1007-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-18-0-1008-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-18-0-1010-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-18-0-1013-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-18-0-16-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-18-0-16-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-18-0-16-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-18-0-16-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04

References

  • USN-3901-1
  • USN-3901-2
  • USN-3903-1
  • USN-3903-2
  • USN-3908-1
  • USN-3908-2
  • USN-3910-1
  • USN-3910-2
  • USN-3934-1
  • USN-3934-2
  • CVE-2018-16880
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