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Ubuntu 18.10: USN-3819-1 Critical Kernel Denial Of Service

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The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3819-1
November 14, 2018

linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10

Summary:

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
- linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-raspi2: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2

Details:

Felix Wilhelm discovered that the Xen netback driver in the Linux kernel
did not properly perform input validation in some situations. An attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  linux-image-4.18.0-1003-gcp     4.18.0-1003.4
  linux-image-4.18.0-1004-aws     4.18.0-1004.5
  linux-image-4.18.0-1004-kvm     4.18.0-1004.4
  linux-image-4.18.0-1006-raspi2  4.18.0-1006.8
  linux-image-4.18.0-11-generic   4.18.0-11.12
  linux-image-4.18.0-11-generic-lpae  4.18.0-11.12
  linux-image-4.18.0-11-lowlatency  4.18.0-11.12
  linux-image-4.18.0-11-snapdragon  4.18.0-11.12
  linux-image-aws                 4.18.0.1004.4
  linux-image-gcp                 4.18.0.1003.3
  linux-image-generic             4.18.0.11.12
  linux-image-generic-lpae        4.18.0.11.12
  linux-image-gke                 4.18.0.1003.3
  linux-image-kvm                 4.18.0.1004.4
  linux-image-lowlatency          4.18.0.11.12
  linux-image-raspi2              4.18.0.1006.3
  linux-image-snapdragon          4.18.0.11.12

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-3819-1
  CVE-2018-15471

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.18.0-11.12
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/4.18.0-1004.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/4.18.0-1003.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/4.18.0-1004.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2/4.18.0-1006.8

Ubuntu 18.10: USN-3819-1 Critical Kernel Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2018
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To ensure your Ubuntu system's security and stability, update your packages and patch kernel vulnerabilities to prevent crashes and unauthorized access
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10: linux-image-4.18.0-1003-gcp 4.18.0-1003.4 linux-image-4.18.0-1004-aws 4.18.0-1004.5 linux-image-4.18.0-1004-kvm 4.18.0-1004.4 linux-image-4.18.0-1006-raspi2 4.18.0-1006.8 linux-image-4.18.0-11-generic 4.18.0-11.12 linux-image-4.18.0-11-generic-lpae 4.18.0-11.12 linux-image-4.18.0-11-lowlatency 4.18.0-11.12 linux-image-4.18.0-11-snapdragon 4.18.0-11.12 linux-image-aws 4.18.0.1004.4 linux-image-gcp 4.18.0.1003.3 linux-image-generic 4.18.0.11.12 linux-image-generic-lpae 4.18.0.11.12 linux-image-gke 4.18.0.1003.3 linux-image-kvm 4.18.0.1004.4 linux-image-lowlatency 4.18.0.11.12 linux-image-raspi2 4.18.0.1006.3 linux-image-snapdragon 4.18.0.11.12 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-3819-1

CVE-2018-15471

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November 14, 2018

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.18.0-11.12 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/4.18.0-1004.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/4.18.0-1003.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/4.18.0-1004.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2/4.18.0-1006.8

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