The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6072-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index (TCINDEX) implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform filter deactivation in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain     elevated privileges. Please note that with the fix for this CVE, kernel support for the TCINDEX classifier     has been removed. (CVE-2023-1829)

    Lin Ma discovered a race condition in the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to a null     pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2023-0468)

    It was discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle copy up     operation in some conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2023-0386)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Xen transport layer implementation for the 9P file     system protocol in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service (guest crash) or expose sensitive information (guest kernel memory).
    (CVE-2023-1859)

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the ATM VC queuing discipline implementation in the Linux kernel contained a     type confusion vulnerability in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2023-23455)

    Lianhui Tang discovered that the MPLS implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain     sysctl allocation failure conditions, leading to a double-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-26545)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-6072-1)

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