SB2025120430 - Ubuntu update for linux
Published: December 4, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56596)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the jfs_readdir() function in fs/jfs/jfs_dtree.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52975)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and iscsi_session_teardown() functions in drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c, within the iscsi_sw_tcp_session_destroy() function in drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.