Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-3820-2 Moderate: Kernel Threats Detected

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November 14, 2018

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems

- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

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

Details:

USN-3820-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04

LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux

Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu

16.04 LTS.

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. (CVE-2018-15471)

It was discovered that the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did not

properly enforce permissions on kernel memory access. A local attacker

could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly elevate

privileges. (CVE-2017-13168)

It was di...

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Topics Covered

security advisory update kernel arbitrary code Denial of Service ubuntu system crash

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.15.0-1024-gcp     4.15.0-1024.25~16.04.2
  linux-image-4.15.0-1031-azure   4.15.0-1031.32~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-39-generic   4.15.0-39.42~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-39-generic-lpae  4.15.0-39.42~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-39-lowlatency  4.15.0-39.42~16.04.1
  linux-image-azure               4.15.0.1031.36
  linux-image-gcp                 4.15.0.1024.38
  linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04   4.15.0.39.62
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04  4.15.0.39.62
  linux-image-gke                 4.15.0.1024.38
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04  4.15.0.39.62
  linux-image-oem                 4.15.0.39.62

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.