Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-5137-1 Critical: Kernel DoS Exploits Detected

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November 8, 2021

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-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems

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

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

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

- linux-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems

- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments

- linux-aws-5.4: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems

- linux-azure-5.4: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure cloud systems

- linux-gcp-5.4: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

- linux-gkeop-5.4: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems

- linux-hwe-5.4: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel

Details:

It was discovered that the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel did not

properly validate metadata in some situations. An a...

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  linux-image-5.4.0-1007-ibm      5.4.0-1007.8
  linux-image-5.4.0-1026-gkeop    5.4.0-1026.27
  linux-image-5.4.0-1049-kvm      5.4.0-1049.51
  linux-image-5.4.0-1055-gke      5.4.0-1055.58
  linux-image-5.4.0-1057-gcp      5.4.0-1057.61
  linux-image-5.4.0-1059-aws      5.4.0-1059.62
  linux-image-5.4.0-1063-azure    5.4.0-1063.66
  linux-image-5.4.0-90-generic    5.4.0-90.101
  linux-image-5.4.0-90-generic-lpae  5.4.0-90.101
  linux-image-5.4.0-90-lowlatency  5.4.0-90.101
  linux-image-aws-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1059.62
  linux-image-azure-lts-20.04     5.4.0.1063.61
  linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1057.67
  linux-image-generic             5.4.0.90.94
  linux-image-generic-lpae        5.4.0.90.94
  linux-image-gke                 5.4.0.1055.65
  linux-image-gke-5.4             5.4.0.1055.65
  linux-image-gkeop               5.4.0.1026.29
  linux-image-gkeop-5.4           5.4.0.1026.29
  linux-image-ibm                 5.4.0.1007.8
  linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1007.8
  linux-image-kvm                 5.4.0.1049.48
  linux-image-lowlatency          5.4.0.90.94
  linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.90.94
  linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.90.94
  linux-image-virtual             5.4.0.90.94

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  linux-image-5.4.0-1026-gkeop    5.4.0-1026.27~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-1057-gcp      5.4.0-1057.61~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-1059-aws      5.4.0-1059.62~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-1063-azure    5.4.0-1063.66~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-90-generic    5.4.0-90.101~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-90-generic-lpae  5.4.0-90.101~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-90-lowlatency  5.4.0-90.101~18.04.1
  linux-image-aws                 5.4.0.1059.42
  linux-image-azure               5.4.0.1063.43
  linux-image-gcp                 5.4.0.1057.43
  linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04   5.4.0.90.101~18.04.80
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.90.101~18.04.80
  linux-image-gkeop-5.4           5.4.0.1026.27~18.04.27
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.90.101~18.04.80
  linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.90.101~18.04.80
  linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.90.101~18.04.80
  linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.90.101~18.04.80
  linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04   5.4.0.90.101~18.04.80

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.