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USN-8705-2: OpenZFS vulnerability

USN-8705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenZFS. This update provides the corresponding fix for OpenZFS on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that OpenZFS incorrectly handled authorization checks for certain ioctl operations on Linux. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to perform pool-administrative operations or access privileged information, resulting in an authorization bypass.

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USN-8705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in OpenZFS.

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