CVE-2018-20669

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4485-1

Posted Sep 2, 2020

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 4485-1 - Timothy Michaud discovered that the i915 graphics driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate user memory locations for the i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that the Kvaser CAN/USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary, kernel, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2018-20669, CVE-2019-19947, CVE-2019-20810, CVE-2020-10732, CVE-2020-10766, CVE-2020-10767, CVE-2020-10768, CVE-2020-10781, CVE-2020-12655, CVE-2020-12656, CVE-2020-12771, CVE-2020-13974, CVE-2020-15393, CVE-2020-24394

SHA-256 | a61831f926ce25ea97d8bd2b2fe2ff6627483599c3f1ee6249023bd9550e4f67

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