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Ubuntu Users Get New Linux Kernel Security Updates, 10 Vulnerabilities Patched

Posted by Marius Nestor on Dec 01, 2022

The new Ubuntu Linux kernel security update is here after the previous one, which addressed up to 16 vulnerabilities, and it’s available for Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu), Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish), Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa), Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver), as well as the Ubuntu 16.04 and 14.04 ESM releases.

The biggest threat patched in this release is CVE-2022-43945, a security flaw discovered in Linux kernel’s NFSD implementation leading to a buffer overflow that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Ubuntu 22.10 systems running Linux kernel 5.19, as well as Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 20.04 LTS systems running Linux kernel 5.15 LTS.

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