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Ubuntu: USN-6739-1 (CVE-2019-25162): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-6739-1 (CVE-2019-25162): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/26/2024
Created
04/22/2024
Added
04/22/2024
Modified
10/23/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: Fix a potential use after free Free the adap structure only after we are done using it. This patch just moves the put_device() down a bit to avoid the use after free. [wsa: added comment to the code, added Fixes tag]

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1130-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1131-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1168-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-253-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-253-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial

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