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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-3597-2 Moderate: Kernel HWE Security Update

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2018
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux kernel upgrade resolves HWE vulnerabilities and safeguards systems against Spectre and Meltdown weaknesses.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-hwe: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel

Details:

USN-3597-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10.

This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware

Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

USNS 3541-2 and 3523-2 provided mitigations for Spectre and Meltdown

(CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754) for the i386, amd64,

and ppc64el architectures for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides

the corresponding mitigations for the arm64 architecture. Original

advisory details:

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution

and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via

sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Meltdown. A local attacker could

use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.

(CVE-2017-5754)

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors util...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic   4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.13.0-37-generic-lpae  4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.13.0-37-lowlatency  4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1
  linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04   4.13.0.37.56
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04  4.13.0.37.56
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04  4.13.0.37.56

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3597-2,

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3597-1,

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3523-2,

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3541-2,

CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754

March 15, 2018

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1

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