Ubuntu 4879-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: linux-image-5.8.0-1017-raspi 5.8.0-1017.20 linux-image-5.8.0-1017-raspi-nolpae 5.8.0-1017.20 linux-image-5.8.0-1020-kvm 5.8.0-1020.22 linux-image-5.8.0-1022-oracle 5.8.0-1022.23 linux-image-5.8.0-1024-azure 5.8.0-1024.26 linux-image-5.8.0-1024-gcp 5.8.0-1024.25 linux-image-5.8.0-1025-aws 5.8.0-1025.27 linux-image-5.8.0-45-generic 5.8.0-45.51 linux-image-5.8.0-45-generic-64k 5.8.0-45.51 linux-image-5.8.0-45-generic-lpae 5.8.0-45.51 linux-image-5.8.0-45-lowlatency 5.8.0-45.51 linux-image-aws 5.8.0.1025.27 linux-image-azure 5.8.0.1024.24 linux-image-gcp 5.8.0.1024.24 linux-image-generic 5.8.0.45.50 linux-image-generic-64k 5.8.0.45.50 linux-image-generic-lpae 5.8.0.45.50 linux-image-gke 5.8.0.1024.24 linux-image-kvm 5.8.0.1020.22 linux-image-lowlatency 5.8.0.45.50 linux-image-oem-20.04 5.8.0.45.50 linux-image-oracle 5.8.0.1022.21 linux-image-raspi 5.8.0.1017.20 linux-image-raspi-nolpae 5.8.0.1017.20 linux-image-virtual 5.8.0.45.50 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: linux-image-5.8.0-45-generic 5.8.0-45.51~20.04.1+1 linux-image-5.8.0-45-generic-64k 5.8.0-45.51~20.04.1+1 linux-image-5.8.0-45-generic-lpae 5.8.0-45.51~20.04.1 linux-image-5.8.0-45-lowlatency 5.8.0-45.51~20.04.1+1 linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 5.8.0.45.51~20.04.31 linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 5.8.0.45.51~20.04.31 linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 5.8.0.45.51~20.04.31 linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 5.8.0.45.51~20.04.31 linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 5.8.0.45.51~20.04.31 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-4879-1
CVE-2020-36158, CVE-2021-20194
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.8.0-45.51 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.8.0-1025.27 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.8.0-1024.26 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.8.0-1024.25 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.8.0-1020.22 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.8.0-1022.23 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/5.8.0-1017.20 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-5.8/5.8.0-45.51~20.04.1