Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show to Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoAlmost 40% of Ubuntu users vulnerable to new privilege elevation flawswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down15cross-posted to: ubuntuserver@discuss.tchncs.delinux@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkAlmost 40% of Ubuntu users vulnerable to new privilege elevation flawswww.bleepingcomputer.comLeo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show to Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: ubuntuserver@discuss.tchncs.delinux@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
minus-squareastraeus@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoCouldn’t find whether this even impacts LTS builds. Either way, seems like patching should resolve the issue
minus-squarestyle99@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoLTS uses the 5.15 Linux kernel (by default). This vulnerability impacts 6.2.
minus-squareRoundSparrow@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-211 months 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.