Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-7856-1)

"The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7856-1 advisory. Oleksii Oleksenko, Cedric Fournet, Jana Hofmann, Boris Kpf, Stavros Volos, and Flavien Solt discovered that some AMD processors may allow an attacker to...

USN-6604-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the ASUS HID driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle device removal, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a specially crafted USB device to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2023-1079 Jana Hofman...

USN-6577-1 linux-aws vulnerabilities

Jana Hofmann, Emanuele Vannacci, Cedric Fournet, Boris Kopf, and Oleksii Oleksenko discovered that some AMD processors could leak stale data from division operations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. CVE-2023-20588 It was discovered...