Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-4324-1 Critical: Kernel Denial Of Service

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April 7, 2020

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems

- linux-gke-4.15: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems

- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments

- linux-oem: Linux kernel for OEM processors- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

- linux-raspi2: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2

- linux-snapdragon: Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors- linux-aws-hwe: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS-HWE) systems

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

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

Details:

Al Viro discovered that the vfs layer in the Linux kernel contained a use-

after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial

of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel

memory). (CVE-2020-8428)

Shijie Luo discovered that the ext4 file system implementation i...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update ubuntu linux kernel use-after-free ext4

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.15.0-1037-oracle  4.15.0-1037.41
  linux-image-4.15.0-1057-gke     4.15.0-1057.60
  linux-image-4.15.0-1058-kvm     4.15.0-1058.59
  linux-image-4.15.0-1060-raspi2  4.15.0-1060.64
  linux-image-4.15.0-1065-aws     4.15.0-1065.69
  linux-image-4.15.0-1076-snapdragon  4.15.0-1076.83
  linux-image-4.15.0-1079-oem     4.15.0-1079.89
  linux-image-aws                 4.15.0.1065.67
  linux-image-aws-lts-18.04       4.15.0.1065.67
  linux-image-gke                 4.15.0.1057.61
  linux-image-gke-4.15            4.15.0.1057.61
  linux-image-kvm                 4.15.0.1058.58
  linux-image-oem                 4.15.0.1079.83
  linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04    4.15.0.1037.45
  linux-image-raspi2              4.15.0.1060.58
  linux-image-snapdragon          4.15.0.1076.79

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.15.0-1037-oracle  4.15.0-1037.41~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-1060-gcp     4.15.0-1060.64
  linux-image-4.15.0-1065-aws     4.15.0-1065.69~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-1077-azure   4.15.0-1077.82
  linux-image-aws-hwe             4.15.0.1065.65
  linux-image-azure               4.15.0.1077.80
  linux-image-azure-edge          4.15.0.1077.80
  linux-image-gcp                 4.15.0.1060.74
  linux-image-gke                 4.15.0.1060.74
  linux-image-oracle              4.15.0.1037.30

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  linux-image-4.15.0-1077-azure   4.15.0-1077.82~14.04.1
  linux-image-azure               4.15.0.1077.62

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.