Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0046-1

Discussion in 'News Aggregator' started by Packet Storm, 21 Dec 2018.

  1. Packet Storm

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    It was discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the CDRom driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). It was discovered that a race condition existed in the raw MIDI driver for the Linux kernel, leading to a double free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.

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