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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-22997): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-22997): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/28/2023
Created
05/05/2023
Added
04/21/2023
Modified
04/21/2023

Description

In the Linux kernel before 6.1.2, kernel/module/decompress.c misinterprets the module_get_next_page return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-1016-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-1016-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-1020-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-1020-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-1021-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-1022-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-1022-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-1023-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-1023-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-40-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-40-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-19-0-40-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-22-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-nolpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-22-04

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