Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4227-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4227-1 advisory. It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow existed in the Marvell WiFi-Ex Driver for the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attack...

USN-4208-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jann Horn discovered that the OverlayFS and ShiftFS Drivers in the Linux kernel did not properly handle reference counting during memory mapping operations when used in conjunction with AUFS. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary...