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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-8649): Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-8649): Kernel Live Patch Security Notice

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/06/2020
Created
05/05/2020
Added
05/02/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel through 5.5.2 in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-oem

References

  • DSA-4698
  • CVE-2020-8649

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