USN-8761-2: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu fixes multiple Linux kernel vulnerabilities in the Azure FIPS variant via USN-8761-2, covering ARM, GPU, Bluetooth, Netfilter, and file system subsystems.
Ubuntu released USN-8761-2, a security update for the Linux kernel on the Azure FIPS variant. The update corrects flaws across numerous subsystems including ARM32/ARM64/PowerPC architectures, Bluetooth drivers, EFI core, GPU and InfiniBand drivers, Netfilter, SCSI, and NTFS3/SMB file systems. An attacker could potentially use these flaws to compromise the system.
- Security update USN-8761-2 targets the Linux kernel Azure FIPS variant.
- Fixes span many subsystems: ARM, GPU, Bluetooth, EFI, InfiniBand, Netfilter, SCSI, NTFS3, and SMB.
- No specific CVE ids are listed in the notice text.
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; - SCSI subsystem; - SPI subsystem; - Network file systems library; - NTFS3 file system; - SMB network file system; - File systems infrastructure; - Software nodes and device properties; - Bluetooth subsystem; - Netfilter; - Tracing…
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