SB2022010638 - Ubuntu update for linux
Published: January 6, 2022 Updated: October 23, 2022
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 7 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20321)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition when accessing file object in the Linux kernel OverlayFS subsystem. A local user can rename files in specific way with OverlayFS and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3760)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the NFC stack. A local user can trigger use-after-free error to escalate privileges on the system.
3) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4002)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage. A local user can force the application to leak memory and gain access to sensitive information.
4) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41864)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input. A local user can gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information.
5) Unchecked Return Value (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43056)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S implementation error when handling SRR1 register values. A local user can perform a denial of service attack, when the host is running on Power8.
6) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43267)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel. The Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) functionality allows remote attackers to exploit insufficient validation of user-supplied sizes for the MSG_CRYPTO message type.
A remote attacker can send specially crafted MSG_CRYPTO messages to the affected system, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the system.
7) Improper Validation of Array Index (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43389)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of array index in the ISDN CAPI implementation within detach_capi_ctr() function in drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c. A local user can send specially crafted data to the system and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.