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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-6052-1 Moderate: Kernel Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey May 1, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest security update from Ubuntu addresses a critical kernel flaw that could allow unauthorized execution of administrative programs. Users are urged to upgrade.
The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Summary

The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:

- linux-ibm-5.4: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems

- linux-snapdragon: Linux kernel for Qualcomm Snapdragon processors

Details:

It was discovered that the Traffic-Control Index (TCINDEX) implementation

in the Linux kernel did not properly perform filter deactivation in some

situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated

privileges. Please note that with the fix for this CVE, kernel support for

the TCINDEX classifier has been removed.

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation kernel ubuntu admin access linux-snapdragon linux-ibm

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   linux-image-4.15.0-1149-snapdragon  4.15.0-1149.159
   linux-image-5.4.0-1048-ibm      5.4.0-1048.53~18.04.1
   linux-image-ibm                 5.4.0.1048.59
   linux-image-snapdragon          4.15.0.1149.148

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-6052-1

CVE-2023-1829

Severity
important
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Low
Medium
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Critical

May 01, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory privilege escalation kernel ubuntu admin access linux-snapdragon linux-ibm

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm-5.4/5.4.0-1048.53~18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-snapdragon/4.15.0-1149.159

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