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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-2215): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-2215): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/11/2019
Created
11/15/2019
Added
11/14/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A use-after-free in binder.c allows an elevation of privilege from an application to the Linux Kernel. No user interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability, however exploitation does require either the installation of a malicious local application or a separate vulnerability in a network facing application.Product: AndroidAndroid ID: A-141720095

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1062-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1098-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-168-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-168-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-168-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-168-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-168-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-168-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-168-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-169-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-169-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-169-lowlatency
  • 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-virtual

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