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It was discovered that the SMB network file sharing protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. Lin Ma discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate network family support while creating a new netfilter table. Various other issues were discovered and addressed.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6625-1 - Marek Marczykowski-Górecki discovered that the Xen event channel infrastructure implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. Zheng Wang discovered a use-after-free in the Renesas Ethernet AVB driver in the Linux kernel during device removal. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

Debian Linux Security Advisory 5617-1 - Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information disclosure.

Ubuntu Security Notice 6624-1 - Marek Marczykowski-Górecki discovered that the Xen event channel infrastructure implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. Zheng Wang discovered a use-after-free in the Renesas Ethernet AVB driver in the Linux kernel during device removal. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-0725-03 - An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include null pointer, out of bounds access, out of bounds read, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-0724-03 - An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include buffer overflow, bypass, denial of service, double free, memory leak, null pointer, privilege escalation, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-0723-03 - An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include null pointer, out of bounds access, out of bounds read, and use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-0717-03 - An update for runc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras.

Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-0716-03 - An update for gimp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support. Issues addressed include buffer overflow and integer overflow vulnerabilities.

Talos discovered a new, stealthy espionage campaign that has likely persisted since at least March 2021. The observed activity affects an Islamic non-profit organization using backdoors for a previously unreported malware family we have named “Zardoor.”