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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-36691): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-36691): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/24/2023
Created
08/14/2023
Added
08/14/2023
Modified
09/18/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.8. lib/nlattr.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion) via a nested Netlink policy with a back reference.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1019-iot
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1027-xilinx-zynqmp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1054-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1068-bluefield
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1074-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1091-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1096-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1105-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1106-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1107-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1110-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1113-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-1114-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-156-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-156-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-4-0-156-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-bluefield
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • 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-xilinx-zynqmp

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