Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-4404-2 High: NVIDIA Kernel Module Threat

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June 25, 2020

Several security issues were fixed in the NVIDIA graphics driver kernel modules.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the NVIDIA graphics driver

kernel modules.

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-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

- linux-aws-5.3: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems

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

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

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

- linux-oem: Linux kernel for OEM systems

- linux-oem-osp1: Linux kernel for OEM systems

- linux-oracle-5.3: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details:

USN-4404-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the NVIDIA graphics drivers.

This update provides the corresponding updates for the NVIDIA Linux

DKMS kernel modules.

Original advisory details:

Thomas E. Carroll discover...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service access control ubuntu kernel module graphics driver

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  linux-image-5.4.0-1017-aws      5.4.0-1017.17
  linux-image-5.4.0-1018-gcp      5.4.0-1018.18
  linux-image-5.4.0-1018-oracle   5.4.0-1018.18
  linux-image-5.4.0-1019-azure    5.4.0-1019.19
  linux-image-5.4.0-39-generic    5.4.0-39.43
  linux-image-5.4.0-39-generic-lpae  5.4.0-39.43
  linux-image-5.4.0-39-lowlatency  5.4.0-39.43
  linux-image-aws                 5.4.0.1017.18
  linux-image-azure               5.4.0.1019.18
  linux-image-gcp                 5.4.0.1018.16
  linux-image-generic             5.4.0.39.42
  linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04   5.4.0.39.42
  linux-image-generic-lpae        5.4.0.39.42
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04  5.4.0.39.42
  linux-image-gke                 5.4.0.1018.16
  linux-image-lowlatency          5.4.0.39.42
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04  5.4.0.39.42
  linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.39.42
  linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.39.42
  linux-image-oracle              5.4.0.1018.16
  linux-image-virtual             5.4.0.39.42
  linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04   5.4.0.39.42

Ubuntu 19.10:
  linux-image-5.3.0-1027-oracle   5.3.0-1027.29
  linux-image-5.3.0-1028-aws      5.3.0-1028.30
  linux-image-5.3.0-1029-gcp      5.3.0-1029.31
  linux-image-5.3.0-61-generic    5.3.0-61.55
  linux-image-5.3.0-61-generic-lpae  5.3.0-61.55
  linux-image-5.3.0-61-lowlatency  5.3.0-61.55
  linux-image-5.3.0-61-snapdragon  5.3.0-61.55
  linux-image-aws                 5.3.0.1028.38
  linux-image-gcp                 5.3.0.1029.39
  linux-image-generic             5.3.0.61.51
  linux-image-generic-lpae        5.3.0.61.51
  linux-image-gke                 5.3.0.1029.39
  linux-image-lowlatency          5.3.0.61.51
  linux-image-oracle              5.3.0.1027.42
  linux-image-snapdragon          5.3.0.61.51
  linux-image-virtual             5.3.0.61.51

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.15.0-1047-oracle  4.15.0-1047.51
  linux-image-4.15.0-1076-aws     4.15.0-1076.80
  linux-image-4.15.0-108-generic  4.15.0-108.109
  linux-image-4.15.0-108-generic-lpae  4.15.0-108.109
  linux-image-4.15.0-108-lowlatency  4.15.0-108.109
  linux-image-4.15.0-1090-oem     4.15.0-1090.100
  linux-image-5.0.0-1062-oem-osp1  5.0.0-1062.67
  linux-image-5.3.0-1027-oracle   5.3.0-1027.29~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-1028-aws      5.3.0-1028.30~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-1029-gcp      5.3.0-1029.31~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-1031-azure    5.3.0-1031.32~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-61-generic    5.3.0-61.55~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-61-generic-lpae  5.3.0-61.55~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-61-lowlatency  5.3.0-61.55~18.04.1
  linux-image-aws                 5.3.0.1028.26
  linux-image-aws-lts-18.04       4.15.0.1076.78
  linux-image-azure               5.3.0.1031.27
  linux-image-gcp                 5.3.0.1029.23
  linux-image-generic             4.15.0.108.96
  linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04   5.3.0.61.114
  linux-image-generic-lpae        4.15.0.108.96
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04  5.3.0.61.114
  linux-image-gkeop-5.3           5.3.0.61.114
  linux-image-lowlatency          4.15.0.108.96
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04  5.3.0.61.114
  linux-image-oem                 4.15.0.1090.93
  linux-image-oem-osp1            5.0.0.1062.60
  linux-image-oracle              5.3.0.1027.24
  linux-image-oracle-edge         5.3.0.1027.24
  linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04    4.15.0.1047.56
  linux-image-powerpc-e500mc      4.15.0.108.96
  linux-image-powerpc-smp         4.15.0.108.96
  linux-image-powerpc64-emb       4.15.0.108.96
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp       4.15.0.108.96
  linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04  5.3.0.61.114
  linux-image-virtual             4.15.0.108.96
  linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04   5.3.0.61.114

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.