Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-4463-1 Critical: Kernel DoS Issues

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August 18, 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-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments

- linux-raspi2: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi (V7) systems

- linux-snapdragon: Linux kernel for Qualcomm Snapdragon processors- linux-lts-xenial: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty

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. (CVE-2020-12771)

Kyungtae Kim discovered that the USB testing driver in the Linux kernel did

not properly deallocate memory on disconnect events. A physically proximate

attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

(CVE-2020-15393)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu system update memory exhaustion linux kernel

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.4.0-1078-kvm      4.4.0-1078.85
  linux-image-4.4.0-1112-aws      4.4.0-1112.124
  linux-image-4.4.0-1137-raspi2   4.4.0-1137.146
  linux-image-4.4.0-1141-snapdragon  4.4.0-1141.149
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-generic   4.4.0-187.217
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-generic-lpae  4.4.0-187.217
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-lowlatency  4.4.0-187.217
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-powerpc-e500mc  4.4.0-187.217
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-powerpc-smp  4.4.0-187.217
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-powerpc64-emb  4.4.0-187.217
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-powerpc64-smp  4.4.0-187.217
  linux-image-aws                 4.4.0.1112.117
  linux-image-generic             4.4.0.187.193
  linux-image-generic-lpae        4.4.0.187.193
  linux-image-kvm                 4.4.0.1078.76
  linux-image-lowlatency          4.4.0.187.193
  linux-image-powerpc-e500mc      4.4.0.187.193
  linux-image-powerpc-smp         4.4.0.187.193
  linux-image-powerpc64-emb       4.4.0.187.193
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp       4.4.0.187.193
  linux-image-raspi2              4.4.0.1137.137
  linux-image-snapdragon          4.4.0.1141.133
  linux-image-virtual             4.4.0.187.193

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  linux-image-4.4.0-1076-aws      4.4.0-1076.80
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-generic   4.4.0-187.217~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-generic-lpae  4.4.0-187.217~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-lowlatency  4.4.0-187.217~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-powerpc-e500mc  4.4.0-187.217~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-powerpc-smp  4.4.0-187.217~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-powerpc64-emb  4.4.0-187.217~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.4.0-187-powerpc64-smp  4.4.0-187.217~14.04.1
  linux-image-aws                 4.4.0.1076.73
  linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial  4.4.0.187.164
  linux-image-generic-lts-xenial  4.4.0.187.164
  linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial  4.4.0.187.164
  linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial  4.4.0.187.164
  linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial  4.4.0.187.164
  linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial  4.4.0.187.164
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial  4.4.0.187.164
  linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial  4.4.0.187.164

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.