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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5978-1 Critical: Multiple Kernel Threats Detected

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2023
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Maintenance patch for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS resolves multiple kernel concerns, such as denial of service and data leakage risks.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-oem-6.1: Linux kernel for OEM systems

Details:

It was discovered that the network queuing discipline implementation in the

Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker

could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1281)

It was discovered that the KVM VMX implementation in the Linux kernel did

not properly handle indirect branch prediction isolation between L1 and L2

VMs. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to expose sensitive

information from the host OS or other guest VMs. (CVE-2022-2196)

It was discovered that some AMD x86-64 processors with SMT enabled could

speculatively execute instructions using a return address from a sibling

thread. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive

information. (CVE-2022-27672)

Gerald Lee discovered that the USB Gadget file sys...

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security advisory denial of service critical severity information exposure ubuntu kernel issues linux-oem

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   linux-image-6.1.0-1008-oem      6.1.0-1008.8
   linux-image-oem-22.04c          6.1.0.1008.8

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-5978-1

CVE-2022-2196, CVE-2022-27672, CVE-2022-4382, CVE-2022-4842,

CVE-2023-0394, CVE-2023-1073, CVE-2023-1074, CVE-2023-1075,

CVE-2023-1078, CVE-2023-1281, CVE-2023-23559, CVE-2023-26545

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security advisory denial of service critical severity information exposure ubuntu kernel issues linux-oem

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-6.1/6.1.0-1008.8

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