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Ubuntu: USN-5381-1 (CVE-2022-0854): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5381-1 (CVE-2022-0854): Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/23/2022
Created
04/23/2022
Added
04/21/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s DMA subsystem, in the way a user calls DMA_FROM_DEVICE. This flaw allows a local user to read random memory from the kernel space.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-14-0-1033-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04b
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04c
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04d

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