USN-5589-1

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USN-5589-1

Summary: linux, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

Details: Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express (ixgbe) Ethernet driver for the Linux kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-33061) It was discovered that the virtual terminal driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle VGA console font changes, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33656)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5589-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-33061, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-33656