USN-8729-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu patches multiple Linux kernel vulnerabilities affecting ARM, GPU, network drivers, and file systems.
Ubuntu released security notice USN-8729-3 addressing multiple Linux kernel vulnerabilities across ARM, PowerPC, GPU drivers, network drivers, and file systems. An attacker could potentially use these flaws to compromise affected systems through various subsystem vulnerabilities.
- Ubuntu releases security update for multiple Linux kernel vulnerabilities.
- Flaws affect ARM, PowerPC, GPU drivers, network drivers, and file systems.
- Attackers could potentially compromise systems using these vulnerabilities.
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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