Leo to [email protected] • 2 years agoAlmost 40% of Ubuntu users vulnerable to new privilege elevation flawswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down15
arrow-up1215arrow-down1external-linkAlmost 40% of Ubuntu users vulnerable to new privilege elevation flawswww.bleepingcomputer.comLeo to [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareastraeuslinkfedilink12•2 years agoCouldn’t find whether this even impacts LTS builds. Either way, seems like patching should resolve the issue
minus-squarestyle99linkfedilink6•2 years agoLTS uses the 5.15 Linux kernel (by default). This vulnerability impacts 6.2.
minus-squareRoundSparrowlinkfedilink7•edit-22 years agoIf I understand correctnly… Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS has 5.19 kernel by default: https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-22-04-2-lts-released-with-linux-kernel-5-19-updated-components “the Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS point release also comes with a newer kernel, namely Linux 5.19, from the Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) release” As you said, if it is only 6.2, still out of the window.
Couldn’t find whether this even impacts LTS builds. Either way, seems like patching should resolve the issue
LTS uses the 5.15 Linux kernel (by default). This vulnerability impacts 6.2.
If I understand correctnly… Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS has 5.19 kernel by default: https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-22-04-2-lts-released-with-linux-kernel-5-19-updated-components “the Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS point release also comes with a newer kernel, namely Linux 5.19, from the Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) release”
As you said, if it is only 6.2, still out of the window.