Linux kernel vulnerability

2020-09-0200:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

JSON

Releases

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

linux - Linux kernel
linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
linux-kvm - Linux kernel for cloud environments
linux-lts-xenial - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty
linux-raspi2 - Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi (V8) systems
linux-snapdragon - Linux kernel for Qualcomm Snapdragon processors

Details

Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly validate meta-data information. An attacker could
use this to construct a malicious xfs image that, when mounted, could cause
a denial of service (system crash).

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-image-4.4.0-1079-kvm< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-buildinfo-4.4.0-1079-kvm< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-cloud-tools-4.4.0-1079-kvm< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-headers-4.4.0-1079-kvm< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-image-4.4.0-1079-kvm-dbgsym< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-kvm-cloud-tools-4.4.0-1079< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-kvm-headers-4.4.0-1079< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-kvm-tools-4.4.0-1079< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-modules-4.4.0-1079-kvm< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlinux-tools-4.4.0-1079-kvm< 4.4.0-1079.86UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-image-4.4.0-1079-kvm	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-buildinfo-4.4.0-1079-kvm	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-cloud-tools-4.4.0-1079-kvm	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-headers-4.4.0-1079-kvm	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-image-4.4.0-1079-kvm-dbgsym	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-kvm-cloud-tools-4.4.0-1079	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-kvm-headers-4.4.0-1079	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-kvm-tools-4.4.0-1079	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-modules-4.4.0-1079-kvm	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN
Ubuntu	16.04	noarch	linux-tools-4.4.0-1079-kvm	< 4.4.0-1079.86	UNKNOWN