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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-3159): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-3159): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/12/2023
Created
07/27/2023
Added
07/27/2023
Modified
09/18/2023

Description

A use after free issue was discovered in driver/firewire in outbound_phy_packet_callback in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw a local attacker with special privilege may cause a use after free problem when queue_event() fails.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-193-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-193-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1121-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1122-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1159-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-243-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-243-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial

References

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