USN-8802-1: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN-8802-1 patches multiple Oracle-flavor Linux kernel flaws that could compromise systems.
Canonical published USN-8802-1 for multiple vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu Linux kernel build used in Oracle environments. The notice says an attacker could possibly use the issues to compromise a system. Affected areas include ARM32, ARM64, PowerPC, drivers, EFI, GPU, InfiniBand, networking including Microsoft Azure MANA, SCSI, SPI, NTFS3, SMB, and other kernel subsystems. The provided text does not name CVE identifiers or report exploitation in the wild.
- Ubuntu issued USN-8802-1 for the Oracle Linux kernel flavor.
- Flaws affect ARM, PowerPC, drivers, file systems, and networking subsystems.
- Ubuntu says an attacker could possibly compromise a system.
- The excerpt lists no CVE identifiers or active exploitation.
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: - ARM32 architecture; - ARM64 architecture; - PowerPC architecture; - Compute Acceleration Framework; - Drivers core; - Bluetooth drivers; - Arm Firmware Framework for ARMv8-A(FFA); - EFI core; - GPU drivers; - Hardware monitoring drivers; - InfiniBand drivers; - Network drivers; - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver; - SCSI subsystem; - SPI subsystem; - Network file systems library; - NTFS3 file system; - SMB network file system; - File systems infrastructure; - Software nodes and device properties; -…
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