{"id":39623,"date":"2020-12-02T10:54:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T01:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-4657-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities\/"},"modified":"2020-12-02T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T03:34:12","slug":"usn-4657-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-4657-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"USN-4657-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USN-4657-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities<\/p>\n<p>Elena Petrova discovered that the pin controller device tree implementation<br \/>\nin the Linux kernel did not properly handle string references. A local<br \/>\nattacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).<br \/>\n(CVE-2020-0427)<\/p>\n<p>Daniele Antonioli, Nils Ole Tippenhauer, and Kasper Rasmussen discovered<br \/>\nthat legacy pairing and secure-connections pairing authentication in the<br \/>\nBluetooth protocol could allow an unauthenticated user to complete<br \/>\nauthentication without pairing credentials via adjacent access. A<br \/>\nphysically proximate attacker could use this to impersonate a previously<br \/>\npaired Bluetooth device. (CVE-2020-10135)<\/p>\n<p>Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth A2MP implementation in the Linux<br \/>\nkernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations. A physically<br \/>\nproximate remote attacker could use this to expose sensitive information<br \/>\n(kernel memory). (CVE-2020-12352)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem of<br \/>\nthe Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker<br \/>\nwith access to the perf subsystem could use this to cause a denial of<br \/>\nservice (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-14351)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that the frame buffer implementation in the Linux kernel<br \/>\ndid not properly handle some edge cases in software scrollback. A local<br \/>\nattacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or<br \/>\npossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-14390)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that the netfilter connection tracker for netlink in the<br \/>\nLinux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking in some situations. A<br \/>\nlocal attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).<br \/>\n(CVE-2020-25211)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that the Rados block device (rbd) driver in the Linux<br \/>\nkernel did not properly perform privilege checks for access to rbd devices<br \/>\nin some situations. A local attacker could use this to map or unmap rbd<br \/>\nblock devices. (CVE-2020-25284)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that the HDLC PPP implementation in the Linux kernel did<br \/>\nnot properly validate input in some situations. A local attacker could use<br \/>\nthis to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute<br \/>\narbitrary code. (CVE-2020-25643)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that the GENEVE tunnel implementation in the Linux kernel<br \/>\nwhen combined with IPSec did not properly select IP routes in some<br \/>\nsituations. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information<br \/>\n(unencrypted network traffic). (CVE-2020-25645)<\/p>\n<p>Keyu Man discovered that the ICMP global rate limiter in the Linux kernel<br \/>\ncould be used to assist in scanning open UDP ports. A remote attacker could<br \/>\nuse to facilitate attacks on UDP based services that depend on source port<br \/>\nrandomization. (CVE-2020-25705)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that the framebuffer implementation in the Linux kernel<br \/>\ndid not properly perform range checks in certain situations. A local<br \/>\nattacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).<br \/>\n(CVE-2020-28915)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that Power 9 processors could be coerced to expose<br \/>\ninformation from the L1 cache in certain situations. A local attacker could<br \/>\nuse this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-4788)<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/security\/notices\/USN-4657-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USN-4657-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>USN-4657-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Elena Petrova discovered that the pin controller device tree implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle string references. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2020-0427) Daniele Antonioli, Nils Ole Tippenhauer, and Kasper Rasmussen discovered that legacy pairing and secure-connections pairing authentication in the Bluetooth protocol could allow an unauthenticated user to complete authentication without pairing credentials via adjacent access. A physically proximate attacker could use this to impersonate a previously paired Bluetooth device. (CVE-2020-10135) Andy Nguyen discovered that the Bluetooth A2MP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations. A physically proximate remote attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2020-12352) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel, leading to a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-4657-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities\/\" title=\"USN-4657-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities\">[ more&#8230; ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-39623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39624,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39623\/revisions\/39624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}