Ubuntu 4225-1 Severe: Kernel Memory Exhaustion and Buffer Overflow Risks

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January 6, 2020

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

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-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

- linux-raspi2: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2

- linux-azure-5.3: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems

- linux-gcp-5.3: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

Details:

It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow existed in the Marvell

WiFi-Ex Driver for the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attacker could

use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute

arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14895, CVE-2019-14901)

It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow existed in the Marvell

Libertas WLAN Driver for the Linux kernel. A physically p...

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow kernel ubuntu memory exhaustion system crash

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  linux-image-5.3.0-1008-oracle   5.3.0-1008.9
  linux-image-5.3.0-1009-aws      5.3.0-1009.10
  linux-image-5.3.0-1009-azure    5.3.0-1009.10
  linux-image-5.3.0-1009-kvm      5.3.0-1009.10
  linux-image-5.3.0-1011-gcp      5.3.0-1011.12
  linux-image-5.3.0-1015-raspi2   5.3.0-1015.17
  linux-image-5.3.0-26-generic    5.3.0-26.28
  linux-image-5.3.0-26-generic-lpae  5.3.0-26.28
  linux-image-5.3.0-26-lowlatency  5.3.0-26.28
  linux-image-5.3.0-26-snapdragon  5.3.0-26.28
  linux-image-aws                 5.3.0.1009.11
  linux-image-azure               5.3.0.1009.27
  linux-image-gcp                 5.3.0.1011.12
  linux-image-generic             5.3.0.26.30
  linux-image-generic-lpae        5.3.0.26.30
  linux-image-gke                 5.3.0.1011.12
  linux-image-kvm                 5.3.0.1009.11
  linux-image-lowlatency          5.3.0.26.30
  linux-image-oracle              5.3.0.1008.9
  linux-image-raspi2              5.3.0.1015.12
  linux-image-snapdragon          5.3.0.26.30
  linux-image-virtual             5.3.0.26.30

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  linux-image-5.3.0-1009-azure    5.3.0-1009.10~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-1010-gcp      5.3.0-1010.11~18.04.1
  linux-image-azure-edge          5.3.0.1009.9
  linux-image-gcp-edge            5.3.0.1010.10

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.