USN-5759-1: LibBPF vulnerabilities

Published Dec 5, 2022
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Updated

It was discovered that LibBPF incorrectly handled certain memory operations under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibBPF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-45940, CVE-2021-45941, CVE-2022-3533) It was discovered that LibBPF incorrectly handled certain memory operations under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibBPF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3606)

Affected Software

4 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
ubuntu/libbpf-dev<1:0.8.0-1ubuntu22.10.1
1:0.8.0-1ubuntu22.10.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.10
All of the following
ubuntu/libbpf-dev<1:0.5.0-1ubuntu22.04.1
1:0.5.0-1ubuntu22.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/libbpf-dev to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1:0.8.0-1ubuntu22.10.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade ubuntu/libbpf-dev to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1:0.5.0-1ubuntu22.04.1

Event History

Dec 5, 2022
Advisory Published
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

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