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Ubuntu: USN-4145-1 (CVE-2018-20961): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4145-1 (CVE-2018-20961): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/07/2019
Created
10/04/2019
Added
10/01/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

In the Linux kernel before 4.16.4, a double free vulnerability in the f_midi_set_alt function of drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_midi.c in the f_midi driver may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1059-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1095-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1123-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1127-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-165-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-165-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-165-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-165-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-165-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-165-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-165-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual

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