Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Advisory: USN-4660-2 Moderate Linux Kernel Regression Fix

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December 13, 2020

USN-4660-1 introduced a regression in the Linux kernel.

Summary

USN-4660-1 introduced a regression in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

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

- linux-azure-4.15: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems

- linux-gcp-4.15: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

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

- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments

- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

- linux-snapdragon: Linux kernel for Qualcomm 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

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

Details:

USN-4660-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately,

that update introduced a regression in the software raid10 driver

when used with fstrim that could lead to data corrup...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update kernel ubuntu data corruption regression

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.15.0-1061-oracle  4.15.0-1061.67
  linux-image-4.15.0-1076-gke     4.15.0-1076.81
  linux-image-4.15.0-1081-kvm     4.15.0-1081.83
  linux-image-4.15.0-1090-aws     4.15.0-1090.95
  linux-image-4.15.0-1090-gcp     4.15.0-1090.103
  linux-image-4.15.0-1093-snapdragon  4.15.0-1093.102
  linux-image-4.15.0-1102-azure   4.15.0-1102.113
  linux-image-4.15.0-128-generic  4.15.0-128.131
  linux-image-4.15.0-128-generic-lpae  4.15.0-128.131
  linux-image-4.15.0-128-lowlatency  4.15.0-128.131
  linux-image-aws-lts-18.04       4.15.0.1090.92
  linux-image-azure-lts-18.04     4.15.0.1102.75
  linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04       4.15.0.1090.108
  linux-image-generic             4.15.0.128.115
  linux-image-generic-lpae        4.15.0.128.115
  linux-image-gke                 4.15.0.1076.80
  linux-image-gke-4.15            4.15.0.1076.80
  linux-image-kvm                 4.15.0.1081.77
  linux-image-lowlatency          4.15.0.128.115
  linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04    4.15.0.1061.71
  linux-image-powerpc-e500mc      4.15.0.128.115
  linux-image-powerpc-smp         4.15.0.128.115
  linux-image-powerpc64-emb       4.15.0.128.115
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp       4.15.0.128.115
  linux-image-snapdragon          4.15.0.1093.96
  linux-image-virtual             4.15.0.128.115

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.15.0-1061-oracle  4.15.0-1061.67~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-1090-aws     4.15.0-1090.95~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-1090-gcp     4.15.0-1090.103~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-1102-azure   4.15.0-1102.113~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-128-generic  4.15.0-128.131~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-128-generic-lpae  4.15.0-128.131~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.15.0-128-lowlatency  4.15.0-128.131~16.04.1
  linux-image-aws-hwe             4.15.0.1090.84
  linux-image-azure               4.15.0.1102.95
  linux-image-gcp                 4.15.0.1090.91
  linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04   4.15.0.128.127
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04  4.15.0.128.127
  linux-image-gke                 4.15.0.1090.91
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04  4.15.0.128.127
  linux-image-oem                 4.15.0.128.127
  linux-image-oracle              4.15.0.1061.50
  linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04   4.15.0.128.127

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.