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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12659): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12659): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/05/2020
Created
06/11/2020
Added
06/10/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.6.7. xdp_umem_reg in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c has an out-of-bounds write (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) because of a lack of headroom validation.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1042-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1059-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1023-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1023-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1024-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1026-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1026-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1026-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1028-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-59-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-59-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-59-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-59-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1012-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1015-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1015-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1015-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1015-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1016-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-27-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-37-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-37-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-37-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-20-04

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