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USN-5683-1: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities It was discovered that the framebuffer driver on the Linux kernel did not verify size limits when changing font or screen size, leading to an out-of- bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33655) Selim Enes Karaduman discovered that a race condition existed in the General notification queue implementation of the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1882) Duoming Zhou discovered that race conditions existed in the timer handling implementation of the Linux kernel’s Rose X.25 protocol layer, resulting in use-after-free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-2318) Roger Pau Monné discovered [ more… ]

USN-5682-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities It was discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly handle internal data structures. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-4159) It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the Video for Linux 2 (V4L2) implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20369) Duoming Zhou discovered that race conditions existed in the timer handling implementation of the Linux kernel’s Rose X.25 protocol layer, resulting in use-after-free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-2318) Roger Pau Monné discovered that the Xen virtual block driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory pages to be used for [ more… ]

USN-5680-1: gThumb vulnerabilities It was discovered that gThumb did not properly managed memory when processing certain image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause gThumb to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-20326) It was discovered that gThumb did not properly handled certain malformed image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause gThumb to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36427) Source: USN-5680-1: gThumb vulnerabilities