| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux, linux-aws, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle' package(s) announced via the USN-6777-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Zheng Wang discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC WLAN driver in the Linux
kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use-
after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could possibly
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-47233)
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:
- Block layer subsystem,
- Userspace I/O drivers,
- Ceph distributed file system,
- Ext4 file system,
- JFS file system,
- NILFS2 file system,
- Bluetooth subsystem,
- Networking core,
- IPv4 networking,
- IPv6 networking,
- Logical Link layer,
- MAC80211 subsystem,
- Netlink,
- NFC subsystem,
- Tomoyo security module,
(CVE-2023-52524, CVE-2023-52530, CVE-2023-52601, CVE-2023-52439,
CVE-2024-26635, CVE-2023-52602, CVE-2024-26614, CVE-2024-26704,
CVE-2023-52604, CVE-2023-52566, CVE-2021-46981, CVE-2024-26622,
CVE-2024-26735, CVE-2024-26805, CVE-2024-26801, CVE-2023-52583)
Affected Software/OS:
'linux, linux-aws, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
6.8
CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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