USN-4157-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-4157-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities linux-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0 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-azure – Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems linux-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems linux-gke-5.0 – Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems linux-hwe – Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel Details USN-4157-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 19.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 19.04 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Wen Huang discovered that the Marvell Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking, leading to a heap overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system [ more… ]