March 20, 2024, 5:44 p.m. |

Ubuntu security notices ubuntu.com

It was discovered that the Microchip USB Ethernet driver in the Linux
kernel contained a race condition during device removal, leading to a use-
after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash).

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