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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-1120): Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-1120): Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/08/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/31/2018
Modified
08/25/2021

Description

A flaw was found affecting the Linux kernel before version 4.17. By mmap()ing a FUSE-backed file onto a process's memory containing command line arguments (or environment strings), an attacker can cause utilities from psutils or procps (such as ps, w) or any other program which makes a read() call to the /proc/<pid>/cmdline (or /proc/<pid>/environ) files to block indefinitely (denial of service) or for some controlled time (as a synchronization primitive for other attacks).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1017-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1018-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1020-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1020-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1021-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1022-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-33-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-33-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-33-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-33-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1039-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1041-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1077-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1104-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1108-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-143-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-edge
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04
  • 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-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • 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
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial

References

  • USN-3752-1
  • USN-3752-2
  • USN-3752-3
  • USN-3901-1
  • USN-3901-2
  • USN-3903-1
  • USN-3903-2
  • USN-3908-1
  • USN-3908-2
  • USN-3910-1
  • USN-3910-2
  • USN-3934-1
  • USN-3934-2
  • USN-4115-1
  • USN-4118-1
  • CVE-2018-1120
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