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Debian 9 Stretch: DLA-2420-2 Critical: Kernel Regression Update

debian lts
Calendar Grey October 31, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
The DLA-2420-2 patch targets critical vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel found within Debian, effectively addressing regressions and mitigating potential Denial of Service threats.
This update corrects a regression in some Xen virtual machine environments

Summary

CVE-2019-9445

A potential out-of-bounds read was discovered in the F2FS
implementation. A user permitted to mount and access arbitrary
filesystems could potentially use this to cause a denial of
service (crash) or to read sensitive information.

CVE-2019-19073, CVE-2019-19074

Navid Emamdoost discovered potential memory leaks in the ath9k and
ath9k_htc drivers. The security impact of these is unclear.

CVE-2019-19448

"Team bobfuzzer" reported a bug in Btrfs that could lead to a
use-after-free, and could be triggered by crafted filesystem
images. A user permitted to mount and access arbitrary
filesystems could use this to cause a denial of service (crash or
memory corruption) or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2020-12351

Andy Nguyen discovered a flaw in the Bluetooth implementation in
the way L2CAP packets with A2MP CID are handled. A remote attacker
within a short distance, knowing the victim's Bluetooth device

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------Package: linux
Version: 4.9.240-2
CVE ID: CVE-2019-9445 CVE-2019-19073 CVE-2019-19074 CVE-2019-19448

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