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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-36940): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-36940): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/30/2024
Created
08/10/2024
Added
08/09/2024
Modified
08/15/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable() The "pctldev" struct is allocated in devm_pinctrl_register_and_init(). It's a devm_ managed pointer that is freed by devm_pinctrl_dev_release(), so freeing it in pinctrl_enable() will lead to a double free. The devm_pinctrl_dev_release() function frees the pindescs and destroys the mutex as well.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1050-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1060-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1060-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1062-intel-iotg
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1062-nvidia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1062-nvidia-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1064-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1064-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1065-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1066-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1067-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1070-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1070-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-118-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-118-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-118-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-118-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-118-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1042-iot
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1049-xilinx-zynqmp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1077-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1097-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1114-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1118-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1129-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1130-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1134-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1135-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-192-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-192-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-192-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1008-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1009-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1010-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1010-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1010-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1010-oracle-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1011-nvidia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1011-nvidia-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1012-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-1013-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-40-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-40-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-40-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-6-8-0-40-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-cvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-fde
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-classic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-lts-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel-iotg
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-6-8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-64k-6-8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-24-04a
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-24-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp

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