=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4462-1
August 18, 2020

linux-gke-5.0, linux-oem-osp1 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux-gke-5.0: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-oem-osp1: Linux kernel for OEM systems

Details:

It was discovered that the bcache subsystem in the Linux kernel did not
properly release a lock in some error conditions. A local attacker could
possibly use this to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  linux-image-5.0.0-1046-gke      5.0.0-1046.47
  linux-image-5.0.0-1067-oem-osp1  5.0.0-1067.72
  linux-image-gke-5.0             5.0.0.1046.31
  linux-image-oem-osp1            5.0.0.1067.65

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-4462-1
  CVE-2020-12771

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke-5.0/5.0.0-1046.47
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-osp1/5.0.0-1067.72

Ubuntu 4462-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

August 18, 2020
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 18.04 LTS: linux-image-5.0.0-1046-gke 5.0.0-1046.47 linux-image-5.0.0-1067-oem-osp1 5.0.0-1067.72 linux-image-gke-5.0 5.0.0.1046.31 linux-image-oem-osp1 5.0.0.1067.65 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-4462-1

CVE-2020-12771

Severity
August 18, 2020

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke-5.0/5.0.0-1046.47 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-osp1/5.0.0-1067.72

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