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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-8992): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-8992): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/14/2020
Created
04/09/2020
Added
04/07/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via a crafted journal size.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1037-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1057-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1058-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1060-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1060-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1065-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1076-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1077-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1079-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-96-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-96-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-96-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1074-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1076-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1110-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1135-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1139-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-185-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1035-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-0-0-1050-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1016-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1016-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1017-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1018-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1018-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1020-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-1023-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-51-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-51-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-51-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-3-0-51-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-hwe
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-edge
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-4-15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-osp1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial
  • 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-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-18-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial

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