{"id":42180,"date":"2021-06-23T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T03:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-5000-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities\/"},"modified":"2021-06-23T14:34:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T05:34:24","slug":"usn-5000-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-5000-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"USN-5000-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USN-5000-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities<\/p>\n<p>Norbert Slusarek discovered a race condition in the CAN BCM networking<br \/>\nprotocol of the Linux kernel leading to multiple use-after-free<br \/>\nvulnerabilities. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary<br \/>\ncode. (CVE-2021-3609)<\/p>\n<p>Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel<br \/>\ndid not properly enforce limits for pointer operations. A local attacker<br \/>\ncould use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly<br \/>\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33200)<\/p>\n<p>Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel\u2019s WiFi implementation did<br \/>\nnot properly clear received fragments from memory in some situations. A<br \/>\nphysically proximate attacker could possibly use this issue to inject<br \/>\npackets or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-24586)<\/p>\n<p>Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel\u2019s WiFi implementation<br \/>\nincorrectly handled encrypted fragments. A physically proximate attacker<br \/>\ncould possibly use this issue to decrypt fragments. (CVE-2020-24587)<\/p>\n<p>Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel\u2019s WiFi implementation<br \/>\nincorrectly handled certain malformed frames. If a user were tricked into<br \/>\nconnecting to a malicious server, a physically proximate attacker could use<br \/>\nthis issue to inject packets. (CVE-2020-24588)<\/p>\n<p>Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel\u2019s WiFi implementation<br \/>\nincorrectly handled EAPOL frames from unauthenticated senders. A physically<br \/>\nproximate attacker could inject malicious packets to cause a denial of<br \/>\nservice (system crash). (CVE-2020-26139)<\/p>\n<p>Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel\u2019s WiFi implementation did<br \/>\nnot properly verify certain fragmented frames. A physically proximate<br \/>\nattacker could possibly use this issue to inject or decrypt packets.<br \/>\n(CVE-2020-26141)<\/p>\n<p>Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the in the Linux kernel\u2019s WiFi implementation<br \/>\nleading to accepting plaintext fragments. A physically proximate attacker<br \/>\ncould use this issue to inject packets. (CVE-2020-26145)<\/p>\n<p>Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the the Linux kernel\u2019s WiFi implementation<br \/>\nleading to reassembling mixed encrypted and plaintext fragments. A<br \/>\nphysically proximate attacker could possibly use this issue to inject<br \/>\npackets or exfiltrate selected fragments. (CVE-2020-26147)<\/p>\n<p>Or Cohen discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel<br \/>\ncontained a race condition in some situations, leading to a use-after-free<br \/>\ncondition. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service<br \/>\n(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23133)<\/p>\n<p>Or Cohen and Nadav Markus discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the<br \/>\nnfc implementation in the Linux kernel. A privileged local attacker could<br \/>\nuse this issue to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly<br \/>\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23134)<\/p>\n<p>Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel<br \/>\ndid not properly prevent speculative loads in certain situations. A local<br \/>\nattacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).<br \/>\n(CVE-2021-31829)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that a race condition in the kernel Bluetooth subsystem<br \/>\ncan lead to use-after-free of slab objects. An attacker could use this<br \/>\nissue to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-32399)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that a use-after-free existed in the Bluetooth HCI driver<br \/>\nof the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of<br \/>\nservice (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33034)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that an out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw in the<br \/>\nf2fs module of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this issue to<br \/>\ncause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-3506)<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/security\/notices\/USN-5000-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USN-5000-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>USN-5000-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Norbert Slusarek discovered a race condition in the CAN BCM networking protocol of the Linux kernel leading to multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3609) Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly enforce limits for pointer operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33200) Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel\u2019s WiFi implementation did not properly clear received fragments from memory in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this issue to inject packets or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-24586) Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernel\u2019s WiFi implementation incorrectly handled encrypted fragments. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this issue to decrypt fragments. (CVE-2020-24587) Mathy <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-5000-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities\/\" title=\"USN-5000-1: 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-42180","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\/42180","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=42180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42181,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42180\/revisions\/42181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}