=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4161-1
October 21, 2019

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

- Ubuntu 19.10

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
- linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud 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:

It was discovered that the IPv6 routing implementation in the Linux kernel
contained a reference counting error leading to a use-after-free
vulnerability. A local 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 19.10:
  linux-image-5.3.0-1004-aws      5.3.0-1004.4
  linux-image-5.3.0-1004-azure    5.3.0-1004.4
  linux-image-5.3.0-1004-kvm      5.3.0-1004.4
  linux-image-5.3.0-1005-gcp      5.3.0-1005.5
  linux-image-5.3.0-1008-raspi2   5.3.0-1008.9
  linux-image-5.3.0-19-generic    5.3.0-19.20
  linux-image-5.3.0-19-generic-lpae  5.3.0-19.20
  linux-image-5.3.0-19-lowlatency  5.3.0-19.20
  linux-image-5.3.0-19-snapdragon  5.3.0-19.20
  linux-image-aws                 5.3.0.1004.5
  linux-image-azure               5.3.0.1004.21
  linux-image-gcp                 5.3.0.1005.5
  linux-image-generic             5.3.0.19.22
  linux-image-generic-lpae        5.3.0.19.22
  linux-image-gke                 5.3.0.1005.5
  linux-image-kvm                 5.3.0.1004.4
  linux-image-lowlatency          5.3.0.19.22
  linux-image-raspi2              5.3.0.1008.4
  linux-image-snapdragon          5.3.0.19.22
  linux-image-virtual             5.3.0.19.22

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-4161-1
  CVE-2019-18198

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.3.0-19.20
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.3.0-1004.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.3.0-1004.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.3.0-1005.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.3.0-1004.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2/5.3.0-1008.9

Ubuntu 4161-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

October 21, 2019
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10: linux-image-5.3.0-1004-aws 5.3.0-1004.4 linux-image-5.3.0-1004-azure 5.3.0-1004.4 linux-image-5.3.0-1004-kvm 5.3.0-1004.4 linux-image-5.3.0-1005-gcp 5.3.0-1005.5 linux-image-5.3.0-1008-raspi2 5.3.0-1008.9 linux-image-5.3.0-19-generic 5.3.0-19.20 linux-image-5.3.0-19-generic-lpae 5.3.0-19.20 linux-image-5.3.0-19-lowlatency 5.3.0-19.20 linux-image-5.3.0-19-snapdragon 5.3.0-19.20 linux-image-aws 5.3.0.1004.5 linux-image-azure 5.3.0.1004.21 linux-image-gcp 5.3.0.1005.5 linux-image-generic 5.3.0.19.22 linux-image-generic-lpae 5.3.0.19.22 linux-image-gke 5.3.0.1005.5 linux-image-kvm 5.3.0.1004.4 linux-image-lowlatency 5.3.0.19.22 linux-image-raspi2 5.3.0.1008.4 linux-image-snapdragon 5.3.0.19.22 linux-image-virtual 5.3.0.19.22 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-4161-1

CVE-2019-18198

Severity
October 21, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.3.0-19.20 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.3.0-1004.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.3.0-1004.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.3.0-1005.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.3.0-1004.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2/5.3.0-1008.9

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