USN-8255-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges. CVE-2023-2640 Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik...

Vulnerabilities fixed in Ubuntu Linux kernel

Canonical has fixed several vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu Linux kernel. The vulnerabilities potentially enable a malicious person to able to perform attacks that result in the following categories of damage: Denial-of-Service Manipulation of data Access to sensitive data Increased user privileges...