First published: Thu Sep 12 2024(Updated: )
Chenyuan Yang discovered that the CEC driver driver in the Linux kernel contained 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-2024-23848) It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-40902) Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure | <6.8.0-1014.16 | 6.8.0-1014.16 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-fde | <6.8.0-1014.16 | 6.8.0-1014.16 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-azure | <6.8.0-1014.16 | 6.8.0-1014.16 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-azure-fde | <6.8.0-1014.16 | 6.8.0-1014.16 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 |
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(Contains the following vulnerabilities)