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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5779-1

Posted Dec 15, 2022

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 5779-1 - It was discovered that the NFSD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some RPC messages, leading to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Jann Horn discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly track memory allocations for anonymous VMA mappings in some situations, leading to potential data structure reuse. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service, overflow, arbitrary, kernel, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2022-3524, CVE-2022-3564, CVE-2022-3565, CVE-2022-3566, CVE-2022-3567, CVE-2022-3594, CVE-2022-3621, CVE-2022-42703, CVE-2022-43945

SHA-256 | ba7b8b98872da0e4960538c897fcbdd7ff852f2b1f366779a4fe2713505fd847

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