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Ubuntu: USN-4948-1 (CVE-2021-29649): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4948-1 (CVE-2021-29649): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/30/2021
Created
05/14/2021
Added
05/12/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The user mode driver (UMD) has a copy_process() memory leak, related to a lack of cleanup steps in kernel/usermode_driver.c and kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c, aka CID-f60a85cad677.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-10-0-1026-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04b

References

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