CWE
416
Advisory Published

USN-7007-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

First published: Mon Sep 23 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) Chenyuan Yang discovered that the USB Gadget subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the device to be enabled before writing. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25741) 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 SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-5.15.0-1062-ibm<5.15.0-1062.65~20.04.1
5.15.0-1062.65~20.04.1
=20.04
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-5.15.0-1067-oracle<5.15.0-1067.73~20.04.1
5.15.0-1067.73~20.04.1
=20.04
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-ibm<5.15.0.1062.65~20.04.1
5.15.0.1062.65~20.04.1
=20.04
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-oracle<5.15.0.1067.73~20.04.1
5.15.0.1067.73~20.04.1
=20.04

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