USN-7003-4: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that the JFS file system contained an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability when printing xattr debug information. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-40902)

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:
– MIPS architecture;
– PowerPC architecture;
– x86 architecture;
– ACPI drivers;
– Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;
– Drivers core;
– GPIO subsystem;
– GPU drivers;
– Greybus drivers;
– HID subsystem;
– I2C subsystem;
– IIO subsystem;
– InfiniBand drivers;
– Media drivers;
– VMware VMCI Driver;
– Network drivers;
– Pin controllers subsystem;
– S/390 drivers;
– SCSI drivers;
– USB subsystem;
– JFFS2 file system;
– JFS file system;
– File systems infrastructure;
– NILFS2 file system;
– IOMMU subsystem;
– Sun RPC protocol;
– Netfilter;
– Memory management;
– B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;
– CAN network layer;
– Ceph Core library;
– Networking core;
– IPv4 networking;
– IPv6 networking;
– IUCV driver;
– MAC80211 subsystem;
– NET/ROM layer;
– Network traffic control;
– SoC Audio for Freescale CPUs drivers;
(CVE-2024-41034, CVE-2024-40984, CVE-2024-40987, CVE-2024-42119,
CVE-2024-42224, CVE-2024-42101, CVE-2024-42096, CVE-2024-41095,
CVE-2024-42087, CVE-2024-42104, CVE-2024-42148, CVE-2024-39495,
CVE-2024-40980, CVE-2024-42223, CVE-2024-40961, CVE-2024-40988,
CVE-2024-42127, CVE-2024-42090, CVE-2024-42236, CVE-2024-40995,
CVE-2024-41007, CVE-2024-40968, CVE-2024-40901, CVE-2024-42097,
CVE-2024-41041, CVE-2024-36974, CVE-2024-42115, CVE-2024-40978,
CVE-2024-38619, CVE-2024-41049, CVE-2024-41035, CVE-2024-41044,
CVE-2024-42154, CVE-2024-39499, CVE-2024-42070, CVE-2024-40959,
CVE-2024-39487, CVE-2024-42157, CVE-2024-40916, CVE-2024-42076,
CVE-2024-41087, CVE-2024-42094, CVE-2024-42124, CVE-2024-40905,
CVE-2024-42145, CVE-2024-40963, CVE-2024-36894, CVE-2024-40942,
CVE-2024-42092, CVE-2024-42153, CVE-2024-41089, CVE-2024-40912,
CVE-2023-52887, CVE-2024-40934, CVE-2024-41006, CVE-2024-39501,
CVE-2024-42084, CVE-2024-39506, CVE-2024-39509, CVE-2024-40943,
CVE-2024-42106, CVE-2024-42093, CVE-2024-40902, CVE-2024-42086,
CVE-2024-40958, CVE-2024-39502, CVE-2024-42232, CVE-2024-42089,
CVE-2024-37078, CVE-2024-39469, CVE-2024-41046, CVE-2024-42102,
CVE-2024-40974, CVE-2024-39505, CVE-2024-40960, CVE-2024-42105,
CVE-2024-40932, CVE-2024-40904, CVE-2024-40981, CVE-2024-39503,
CVE-2024-41097, CVE-2024-40941, CVE-2024-36978, CVE-2023-52803,
CVE-2024-40945)

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Smashing Security podcast #386: The $230 million crypto handbag heist, and misinformation on social media

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Two men are accused of stealing almost a quarter of a billion dollars from one person’s cryptocurrency wallet, but why on earth would they be handing out handbags to strangers? And social media comes under the spotlight once more, as we ask if you are delving into misinformation in your most private moments…

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

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