USN-6688-1

Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (host domain crash). (CVE-2023-46838)

It was discovered that the Habana's AI Processors driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize certain data structures before passing them to user space. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-50431)

Murray McAllister discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DRM driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle memory objects when storing surfaces, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5633)

It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain SMB messages, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-6610)

It was discovered that the VirtIO subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2024-0340)

Lonial Con discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle element deactivation in certain cases, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-1085)

Notselwyn discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle verdict parameters in certain cases, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-1086)

Chenyuan Yang discovered that the RDS Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could use this to possibly cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-23849)

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: - Architecture specifics; - Block layer; - ACPI drivers; - Android drivers; - EDAC drivers; - GPU drivers; - InfiniBand drivers; - Media drivers; - Multifunction device drivers; - MTD block device drivers; - Network drivers; - NVME drivers; - PHY drivers; - PWM drivers; - SCSI drivers; - SPMI drivers; - TTY drivers; - Userspace I/O drivers; - Ceph distributed file system; - EFI Variable file system; - Ext4 file system; - F2FS file system; - GFS2 file system; - JFS file system; - SMB network file system; - BPF subsystem; - Logical Link Layer; - Netfilter; - Unix domain sockets; - AppArmor security module; (CVE-2024-26599, CVE-2023-52604, CVE-2023-52439, CVE-2024-26627, CVE-2024-26601, CVE-2024-26628, CVE-2023-52607, CVE-2023-52456, CVE-2023-52602, CVE-2023-52443, CVE-2023-52599, CVE-2023-52603, CVE-2024-26588, CVE-2024-26581, CVE-2023-52600, CVE-2024-26624, CVE-2023-52584, CVE-2024-26625, CVE-2023-52606, CVE-2023-52463, CVE-2023-52464, CVE-2023-52597, CVE-2023-52595, CVE-2023-52458, CVE-2023-52457, CVE-2023-52438, CVE-2023-52469, CVE-2023-52462, CVE-2024-26589, CVE-2024-26592, CVE-2024-26594, CVE-2023-52601, CVE-2023-52593, CVE-2023-52436, CVE-2023-52447, CVE-2023-52587, CVE-2023-52445, CVE-2023-52454, CVE-2023-52451, CVE-2023-52605, CVE-2024-26597, CVE-2023-52448, CVE-2023-52598, CVE-2024-26591, CVE-2023-52449, CVE-2023-52444, CVE-2023-52583, CVE-2023-52589, CVE-2024-26598, CVE-2023-52470, CVE-2023-52594, CVE-2023-52588, CVE-2023-52467, CVE-2024-26600)