USN-8876-1: Linux kernel (Azure CVM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu patched Azure CVM Linux kernel flaws, including local denial-of-service bug CVE-2022-3114.
Canonical published USN-8876-1 for the Linux kernel used with Azure confidential VMs. CVE-2022-3114 is a null-pointer dereference in the i.MX clock driver that a local attacker could use to crash the system. The notice also says other issues across multiple architectures and kernel subsystems could possibly be used to compromise a system and are corrected by this update. No active exploitation is described.