USN-6971-1

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USN-6971-1

Summary: linux vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37159) A security issue was discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use this to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystem: - Network drivers; (CVE-2021-46904)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6971-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37159, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46904