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HistoryJul 01, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

2022-07-0100:00:00
ubuntu.com
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6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.9%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

  • linux-hwe-5.13 - Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
  • linux-hwe-5.4 - Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel

Details

It was discovered that the 8 Devices USB2CAN interface implementation in
the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading
to a double-free. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash).