USN-3901-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
USN-3901-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux – Linux kernel linux-aws – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems linux-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems linux-kvm – Linux kernel for cloud environments linux-oem – Linux kernel for OEM processors linux-oracle – Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 Details Jann Horn discovered that the userfaultd implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to certain ioctls. A local attacker could use this possibly to modify files. (CVE-2018-18397) It was discovered that the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel leaked uninitialized memory to user space [ more… ]