| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe' package(s) announced via the USN-6972-2 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Yuxuan Hu discovered that the Bluetooth RFCOMM protocol driver in the Linux
Kernel contained a race condition, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash). (CVE-2024-22099)
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem
in the Linux kernel, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A
privileged local attacker could use this to possibly cause a denial of
service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24860)
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:
- SuperH RISC architecture,
- User-Mode Linux (UML),
- GPU drivers,
- MMC subsystem,
- Network drivers,
- PHY drivers,
- Pin controllers subsystem,
- Xen hypervisor drivers,
- GFS2 file system,
- Core kernel,
- Bluetooth subsystem,
- IPv4 networking,
- IPv6 networking,
- HD-audio driver,
- ALSA SH drivers,
(CVE-2024-26903, CVE-2024-35835, CVE-2023-52644, CVE-2024-39292,
CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-26600, CVE-2023-52629, CVE-2024-35955,
CVE-2023-52760, CVE-2023-52806, CVE-2024-39484, CVE-2024-26679,
CVE-2024-26654, CVE-2024-36901, CVE-2024-26687, CVE-2023-52470)
Affected Software/OS:
'linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe' 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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