{"id":"USN-7234-4","summary":"linux-aws vulnerabilities","details":"Ye Zhang and Nicolas Wu discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux\nkernel did not properly handle locking for rings with IOPOLL, leading to a\ndouble-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a\ndenial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2023-21400)\n\nSeveral security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.\nAn attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.\nThis update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:\n  - TTY drivers;\n  - Netfilter;\n  - Network traffic control;\n  - VMware vSockets driver;\n(CVE-2024-53141, CVE-2024-53103, CVE-2024-40967, CVE-2024-53164)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:46:29Z","published":"2025-02-12T18:31:08Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21400","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40967","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53141","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53164"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-21400","CVE-2024-40967","CVE-2024-53103","CVE-2024-53141","CVE-2024-53164","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21400","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-40967","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53103","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53141","UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53164"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7234-4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-21400"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40967"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53103"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53141"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-53164"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux-aws","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws@5.4.0-1139.149?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.4.0-1139.149"}]}],"versions":["5.3.0-1003.3","5.3.0-1008.9","5.3.0-1009.10","5.3.0-1010.11","5.4.0-1005.5","5.4.0-1007.7","5.4.0-1008.8","5.4.0-1009.9","5.4.0-1011.11","5.4.0-1015.15","5.4.0-1017.17","5.4.0-1018.18","5.4.0-1020.20","5.4.0-1021.21","5.4.0-1022.22","5.4.0-1024.24","5.4.0-1025.25","5.4.0-1028.29","5.4.0-1029.30","5.4.0-1030.31","5.4.0-1032.33","5.4.0-1034.35","5.4.0-1035.37","5.4.0-1037.39","5.4.0-1038.40","5.4.0-1039.41","5.4.0-1041.43","5.4.0-1043.45","5.4.0-1045.47","5.4.0-1047.49","5.4.0-1048.50","5.4.0-1049.51","5.4.0-1051.53","5.4.0-1054.57","5.4.0-1055.58","5.4.0-1056.59","5.4.0-1057.60","5.4.0-1058.61","5.4.0-1059.62","5.4.0-1060.63","5.4.0-1061.64","5.4.0-1063.66","5.4.0-1064.67","5.4.0-1065.68","5.4.0-1066.69","5.4.0-1068.72","5.4.0-1069.73","5.4.0-1071.76","5.4.0-1072.77","5.4.0-1073.78","5.4.0-1075.80","5.4.0-1078.84","5.4.0-1080.87","5.4.0-1081.88","5.4.0-1083.90","5.4.0-1084.91","5.4.0-1085.92","5.4.0-1086.93","5.4.0-1088.96","5.4.0-1089.97","5.4.0-1092.100","5.4.0-1093.101","5.4.0-1094.102","5.4.0-1096.104","5.4.0-1097.105","5.4.0-1099.107","5.4.0-1100.108","5.4.0-1101.109","5.4.0-1102.110","5.4.0-1103.111","5.4.0-1104.112","5.4.0-1105.113","5.4.0-1106.114","5.4.0-1107.115","5.4.0-1108.116","5.4.0-1109.118","5.4.0-1110.119","5.4.0-1111.120","5.4.0-1112.121","5.4.0-1113.123","5.4.0-1114.124","5.4.0-1116.126","5.4.0-1117.127","5.4.0-1118.128","5.4.0-1119.129","5.4.0-1120.130","5.4.0-1121.131","5.4.0-1122.132","5.4.0-1123.133","5.4.0-1124.134","5.4.0-1125.135","5.4.0-1126.136","5.4.0-1127.137","5.4.0-1128.138","5.4.0-1129.139","5.4.0-1130.140","5.4.0-1131.141","5.4.0-1132.142","5.4.0-1133.143","5.4.0-1134.144","5.4.0-1135.145","5.4.0-1136.146","5.4.0-1137.147"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-aws-cloud-tools-5.4.0-1139"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-aws-headers-5.4.0-1139"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-aws-tools-5.4.0-1139"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-buildinfo-5.4.0-1139-aws"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-cloud-tools-5.4.0-1139-aws"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-headers-5.4.0-1139-aws"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-image-unsigned-5.4.0-1139-aws"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-modules-5.4.0-1139-aws"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-1139-aws"},{"binary_version":"5.4.0-1139.149","binary_name":"linux-tools-5.4.0-1139-aws"}],"availability":"No 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