April 17, 2024, 1:06 p.m. |

Ubuntu security notices ubuntu.com

Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in
the Linux kernel did not properly handle zero length data request, leading
to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM
could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (host domain crash).
(CVE-2023-46838)

It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation of the Linux kernel did not
properly manage route cache memory usage. A remote attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (memory …

attacker backend crash cve data data request denial of service domain host implementation ipv6 kernel length linux linux kernel network request service usn vulnerabilities vulnerability xen

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