usn-6971-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-08-21 17:33
Modified
2026-06-29 10:53
Summary
linux vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37159)

A security issue was discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use this to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystem: - Network drivers; (CVE-2021-46904)


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  "details": "It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in\nthe Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions. A physically\nproximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system\ncrash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37159)\n\nA security issue was discovered in the Linux kernel.\nAn attacker could possibly use this to compromise the system.\nThis update corrects flaws in the following subsystem:\n  - Network drivers;\n(CVE-2021-46904)\n",
  "id": "USN-6971-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T10:53:15Z",
  "published": "2024-08-21T17:33:13Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6971-1"
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37159"
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  "summary": "linux vulnerabilities",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-37159",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46904"
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}



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