USN-7185-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DRM driver in the Linux
kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-36402)

Zheng Wang discovered a use-after-free in the Renesas Ethernet AVB driver
in the Linux kernel during device removal. A privileged attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-35827)

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
– GPU drivers;
– I2C subsystem;
– InfiniBand drivers;
– IRQ chip drivers;
– Network drivers;
– Pin controllers subsystem;
– S/390 drivers;
– TTY drivers;
– USB Host Controller drivers;
– USB Mass Storage drivers;
– Framebuffer layer;
– Ext4 file system;
– File systems infrastructure;
– Bluetooth subsystem;
– DMA mapping infrastructure;
– Memory management;
– 9P file system network protocol;
– IPv4 networking;
– IPv6 networking;
– Logical Link layer;
– MAC80211 subsystem;
– Netfilter;
– NFC subsystem;
– Phonet protocol;
– Network traffic control;
– VMware vSockets driver;
– Wireless networking;
(CVE-2024-42090, CVE-2024-42156, CVE-2021-47082, CVE-2024-26921,
CVE-2023-52594, CVE-2024-36968, CVE-2024-38633, CVE-2024-42077,
CVE-2021-47076, CVE-2021-47501, CVE-2023-52507, CVE-2024-42153,
CVE-2024-39301, CVE-2024-36946, CVE-2024-43884, CVE-2023-52509,
CVE-2024-36004, CVE-2023-52486, CVE-2024-50264, CVE-2024-45006,
CVE-2024-36941, CVE-2024-43856, CVE-2024-40912, CVE-2024-49967,
CVE-2024-53057, CVE-2024-26777, CVE-2024-36270, CVE-2024-26625,
CVE-2024-45021, CVE-2024-35886, CVE-2024-44947, CVE-2024-44944,
CVE-2024-35847, CVE-2024-40959, CVE-2024-42101, CVE-2024-38619)

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