SB2021102031 - Ubuntu update for linux-oem-5.13



SB2021102031 - Ubuntu update for linux-oem-5.13

Published: October 20, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021102031
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3739)

The vulnerability allows a local user to read data or crash the application.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the btrfs_rm_device() function in fs/btrfs/volumes.c. A local user can read data or crash the application.


2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3743)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the Qualcomm IPC router protocol in the Linux kernel. A local user can gain access to out-of-bounds memory to leak internal kernel information or perform a denial of service attack.


3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3753)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel. A local user can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


4) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3759)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel’s ipc functionality of the memcg subsystem when user calls the semget function multiple times, creating semaphores. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.