=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6056-1
May 05, 2023

linux-oem-6.1 vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

The guest VM system could be made to crash or expose sensitive information.

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

Details:

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Xen transport layer
implementation for the 9P file system protocol in the Linux kernel, leading
to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service (guest crash) or expose sensitive information (guest
kernel memory).

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   linux-image-6.1.0-1010-oem      6.1.0-1010.10
   linux-image-oem-22.04c          6.1.0.1010.10

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-6056-1
   CVE-2023-1859

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-6.1/6.1.0-1010.10

Ubuntu 6056-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerability

May 5, 2023
The guest VM system could be made to crash or expose sensitive information.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: linux-image-6.1.0-1010-oem 6.1.0-1010.10 linux-image-oem-22.04c 6.1.0.1010.10 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-6056-1

CVE-2023-1859

Severity
May 05, 2023

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-6.1/6.1.0-1010.10

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