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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-8831): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-8831): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/08/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/19/2017
Modified
08/25/2021

Description

The saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing a certain sequence-number value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1007-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1031-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1035-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1074-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1076-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-96-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-96-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-96-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-96-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-96-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-96-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-96-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon

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