USN-5240-1

Advisory lineage Upstream: 2 Downstream: 0
Published: 19 Jan 2022, 17:37
Last modified:03 Jun 2026, 13:34

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Jan 2022, 17:37
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Jun 2026, 13:34
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.11, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.11, linux-azure-5.4, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.11, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-oem-5.10, linux-oem-5.13, linux-oem-5.14, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.11, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerability William Liu and Jamie Hill-Daniel discovered that the file system context functionality in the Linux kernel contained an integer underflow vulnerability, leading to an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 5.4.0-96.109

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 5.4.0-1063.66

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    < 5.11.0-1027.30~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1063.66~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    < 5.4.0-1067.70

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    < 5.11.0-1027.30~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1067.70~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    < 5.4.0-1025.28

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    < 5.4.0-1062.66

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    < 5.11.0-1028.32~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1062.66~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    < 5.4.0-1059.62

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1059.62~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    < 5.4.0-1031.32

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1031.32~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-5.4

    < 5.4.0-96.109~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-ibm

    < 5.4.0-1012.13

  • ubuntu•linux-kvm

    < 5.4.0-1053.55

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-5.10

    < 5.10.0-1057.61

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-5.13

    < 5.13.0-1028.35

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-5.14

    < 5.14.0-1020.22

  • ubuntu•linux-oracle

    < 5.4.0-1061.65

  • ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.11

    < 5.11.0-1027.30~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1061.65~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi

    < 5.4.0-1050.56

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-5.4

    < 5.4.0-1050.56~18.04.1

References (2)