USN-6221-1: linux Ubuntu

Published
Published 12-07-2023Last modified 22-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

USN-6221-1 is a vulnerability in linux Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 7 · Downstream 0 · Related 7

Timeline

  1. 12-07-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities It was discovered that a race condition existed in the overlay file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-20321) It was discovered that the virtual terminal (vt) device implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in its ioctl handling that led to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-3753) It was discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 file system image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-1184) Pawan Kumar Gupta, Alyssa Milburn, Amit Peled, Shani Rehana, Nir Shildan and Ariel Sabba discovered that some Intel processors with Enhanced Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation (eIBRS) did not properly handle RET instructions after a VM exits. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-26373) Johannes Wikner and Kaveh Razavi discovered that for some Intel x86-64 processors, the Linux kernel's protections against speculative branch target injection attacks were insufficient in some circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-29901) It was discovered that the ST NCI NFC driver did not properly handle device removal events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-1990) It was discovered that the btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-3111)

CVSS metrics

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EPSS trend

No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

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ENISA CNW

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CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu4 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-242.276
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1120.126 | < 4.4.0-1158.173
  • linux-kvm< 4.4.0-1121.131
  • linux-lts-xenial< 4.4.0-242.276~14.04.1

1 vendor · 4 products

References

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