Ubuntu Users Get New Linux Kernel Updates, 17 Security Vulnerabilities Patched
The new Ubuntu kernel security updates are available for Ubuntu 22.10, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS users. Patched in these security updates are a total of 17 flaws, but three vulnerabilities affect all these Ubuntu releases.
These include CVE-2023-1281, a use-after-free vulnerability discovered in the Traffic-Control Index (TCINDEX) implementation, CVE-2022-47929, a null pointer dereference discovered in the network queuing discipline implementation, and CVE-2023-26545, a double-free vulnerability discovered by Lianhui Tang in the MPLS implementation.