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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6246-1 Critical: Kernel Memory Flaws Exploited

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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6246-1
July 25, 2023

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.15,
linux-azure-fde, linux-azure-fde-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15,
linux-gke, linux-gke-5.15, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.15, linux-hwe-5.15,
linux-ibm, linux-intel-iotg, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency,
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15,
linux-raspi vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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-azure-fde: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure CVM 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-intel-iotg: Linux kernel for Intel IoT platforms
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel
- linux-nvidia: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems
- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
- linux-aws-5.15: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-azure-5.15: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure cloud systems
- linux-azure-fde-5.15: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure CVM cloud systems
- linux-gcp-5.15: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-gke-5.15: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-gkeop-5.15: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-hwe-5.15: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15: Linux low latency kernel
- linux-oracle-5.15: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details:

It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did
not properly initialize memory in some situations, leading to an out-of-
bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3090)

Mingi Cho discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly validate the status of a nft chain while performing a lookup
by id, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-31248)

Querijn Voet discovered that a race condition existed in the io_uring
subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to 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-2023-3389)

It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not
properly handle some error conditions, leading to 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-2023-3390)

Lin Ma discovered that a race condition existed in the MCTP implementation
in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A
privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3439)

Tanguy Dubroca discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel
did not properly handle certain pointer data type, leading to an out-of-
bounds write vulnerability. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-35001)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   linux-image-5.15.0-1024-gkeop   5.15.0-1024.29
   linux-image-5.15.0-1029-nvidia  5.15.0-1029.29
   linux-image-5.15.0-1029-nvidia-lowlatency  5.15.0-1029.29
   linux-image-5.15.0-1034-ibm     5.15.0-1034.37
   linux-image-5.15.0-1034-raspi   5.15.0-1034.37
   linux-image-5.15.0-1034-raspi-nolpae  5.15.0-1034.37
   linux-image-5.15.0-1036-intel-iotg  5.15.0-1036.41
   linux-image-5.15.0-1038-gcp     5.15.0-1038.46
   linux-image-5.15.0-1038-gke     5.15.0-1038.43
   linux-image-5.15.0-1038-kvm     5.15.0-1038.43
   linux-image-5.15.0-1039-oracle  5.15.0-1039.45
   linux-image-5.15.0-1040-aws     5.15.0-1040.45
   linux-image-5.15.0-1042-azure   5.15.0-1042.49
   linux-image-5.15.0-1042-azure-fde  5.15.0-1042.49.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic   5.15.0-78.85
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic-64k  5.15.0-78.85
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic-lpae  5.15.0-78.85
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-lowlatency  5.15.0-78.85
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-78.85
   linux-image-aws-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1040.39
   linux-image-azure               5.15.0.1042.38
   linux-image-azure-fde           5.15.0.1042.49.20
   linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22.04  5.15.0.1042.49.20
   linux-image-azure-lts-22.04     5.15.0.1042.38
   linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1038.34
   linux-image-generic             5.15.0.78.75
   linux-image-generic-64k         5.15.0.78.75
   linux-image-generic-lpae        5.15.0.78.75
   linux-image-gke                 5.15.0.1038.37
   linux-image-gke-5.15            5.15.0.1038.37
   linux-image-gkeop               5.15.0.1024.23
   linux-image-gkeop-5.15          5.15.0.1024.23
   linux-image-ibm                 5.15.0.1034.30
   linux-image-intel-iotg          5.15.0.1036.35
   linux-image-kvm                 5.15.0.1038.34
   linux-image-lowlatency          5.15.0.78.82
   linux-image-lowlatency-64k      5.15.0.78.82
   linux-image-nvidia              5.15.0.1029.29
   linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency   5.15.0.1029.29
   linux-image-oracle              5.15.0.1039.34
   linux-image-raspi               5.15.0.1034.32
   linux-image-raspi-nolpae        5.15.0.1034.32
   linux-image-virtual             5.15.0.78.75

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   linux-image-5.15.0-1024-gkeop   5.15.0-1024.29~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1038-gcp     5.15.0-1038.46~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1038-gke     5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1039-oracle  5.15.0-1039.45~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1040-aws     5.15.0-1040.45~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1042-azure   5.15.0-1042.49~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1042-azure-fde  5.15.0-1042.49~20.04.1.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic   5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic-64k  5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic-lpae  5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-lowlatency  5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-78-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1
   linux-image-aws                 5.15.0.1040.45~20.04.29
   linux-image-azure               5.15.0.1042.49~20.04.32
   linux-image-azure-cvm           5.15.0.1042.49~20.04.32
   linux-image-azure-fde           5.15.0.1042.49~20.04.1.21
   linux-image-gcp                 5.15.0.1038.46~20.04.1
   linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38
   linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04   5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38
   linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38
   linux-image-gke-5.15            5.15.0.1038.43~20.04.1
   linux-image-gkeop-5.15          5.15.0.1024.29~20.04.20
   linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.78.85~20.04.35
   linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.78.85~20.04.35
   linux-image-oem-20.04           5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38
   linux-image-oem-20.04b          5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38
   linux-image-oem-20.04c          5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38
   linux-image-oem-20.04d          5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38
   linux-image-oracle              5.15.0.1039.45~20.04.1
   linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04   5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38

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-6246-1
   CVE-2023-3090, CVE-2023-31248, CVE-2023-3389, CVE-2023-3390,
   CVE-2023-3439, CVE-2023-35001

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.15.0-78.85
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.15.0-1040.45
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.15.0-1042.49
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fde/5.15.0-1042.49.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.15.0-1038.46
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke/5.15.0-1038.43
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop/5.15.0-1024.29
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/5.15.0-1034.37
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-intel-iotg/5.15.0-1036.41
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.15.0-1038.43
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/5.15.0-78.85
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/5.15.0-1029.29
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.15.0-1039.45
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/5.15.0-1034.37
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws-5.15/5.15.0-1040.45~20.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-5.15/5.15.0-1042.49~20.04.1
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fde-5.15/5.15.0-1042.49~20.04.1.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp-5.15/5.15.0-1038.46~20.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke-5.15/5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop-5.15/5.15.0-1024.29~20.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle-5.15/5.15.0-1039.45~20.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6246-1 Critical: Kernel Memory Flaws Exploited

ubuntu
Calendar Grey July 25, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Delve into the comprehensive analysis of significant advancements regarding the security vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu kernel and the strategies employed for their resolution.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 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-azure-fde: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure CVM 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-intel-iotg: Linux kernel for Intel IoT platforms - linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments - linux-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel - linux-nvidia: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems - linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems - linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi syst...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: linux-image-5.15.0-1024-gkeop 5.15.0-1024.29 linux-image-5.15.0-1029-nvidia 5.15.0-1029.29 linux-image-5.15.0-1029-nvidia-lowlatency 5.15.0-1029.29 linux-image-5.15.0-1034-ibm 5.15.0-1034.37 linux-image-5.15.0-1034-raspi 5.15.0-1034.37 linux-image-5.15.0-1034-raspi-nolpae 5.15.0-1034.37 linux-image-5.15.0-1036-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1036.41 linux-image-5.15.0-1038-gcp 5.15.0-1038.46 linux-image-5.15.0-1038-gke 5.15.0-1038.43 linux-image-5.15.0-1038-kvm 5.15.0-1038.43 linux-image-5.15.0-1039-oracle 5.15.0-1039.45 linux-image-5.15.0-1040-aws 5.15.0-1040.45 linux-image-5.15.0-1042-azure 5.15.0-1042.49 linux-image-5.15.0-1042-azure-fde 5.15.0-1042.49.1 linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic 5.15.0-78.85 linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic-64k 5.15.0-78.85 linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic-lpae 5.15.0-78.85 linux-image-5.15.0-78-lowlatency 5.15.0-78.85 linux-image-5.15.0-78-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0-78.85 linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1040.39 linux-image-azure 5.15.0.1042.38 linux-image-azure-fde 5.15.0.1042.49.20 linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1042.49.20 linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1042.38 linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1038.34 linux-image-generic 5.15.0.78.75 linux-image-generic-64k 5.15.0.78.75 linux-image-generic-lpae 5.15.0.78.75 linux-image-gke 5.15.0.1038.37 linux-image-gke-5.15 5.15.0.1038.37 linux-image-gkeop 5.15.0.1024.23 linux-image-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0.1024.23 linux-image-ibm 5.15.0.1034.30 linux-image-intel-iotg 5.15.0.1036.35 linux-image-kvm 5.15.0.1038.34 linux-image-lowlatency 5.15.0.78.82 linux-image-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0.78.82 linux-image-nvidia 5.15.0.1029.29 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency 5.15.0.1029.29 linux-image-oracle 5.15.0.1039.34 linux-image-raspi 5.15.0.1034.32 linux-image-raspi-nolpae 5.15.0.1034.32 linux-image-virtual 5.15.0.78.75 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: linux-image-5.15.0-1024-gkeop 5.15.0-1024.29~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1038-gcp 5.15.0-1038.46~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1038-gke 5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1039-oracle 5.15.0-1039.45~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1040-aws 5.15.0-1040.45~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1042-azure 5.15.0-1042.49~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1042-azure-fde 5.15.0-1042.49~20.04.1.1 linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic 5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic-64k 5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-78-generic-lpae 5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-78-lowlatency 5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-78-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1 linux-image-aws 5.15.0.1040.45~20.04.29 linux-image-azure 5.15.0.1042.49~20.04.32 linux-image-azure-cvm 5.15.0.1042.49~20.04.32 linux-image-azure-fde 5.15.0.1042.49~20.04.1.21 linux-image-gcp 5.15.0.1038.46~20.04.1 linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38 linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38 linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38 linux-image-gke-5.15 5.15.0.1038.43~20.04.1 linux-image-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0.1024.29~20.04.20 linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.35 linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.35 linux-image-oem-20.04 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38 linux-image-oem-20.04b 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38 linux-image-oem-20.04c 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38 linux-image-oem-20.04d 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38 linux-image-oracle 5.15.0.1039.45~20.04.1 linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.78.85~20.04.38 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-6246-1

CVE-2023-3090, CVE-2023-31248, CVE-2023-3389, CVE-2023-3390,

CVE-2023-3439, CVE-2023-35001

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.15.0-78.85 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.15.0-1040.45 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.15.0-1042.49 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fde/5.15.0-1042.49.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.15.0-1038.46 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke/5.15.0-1038.43 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop/5.15.0-1024.29 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/5.15.0-1034.37 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-intel-iotg/5.15.0-1036.41 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.15.0-1038.43 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/5.15.0-78.85 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/5.15.0-1029.29 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.15.0-1039.45 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/5.15.0-1034.37 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws-5.15/5.15.0-1040.45~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-5.15/5.15.0-1042.49~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fde-5.15/5.15.0-1042.49~20.04.1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp-5.15/5.15.0-1038.46~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke-5.15/5.15.0-1038.43~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop-5.15/5.15.0-1024.29~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-78.85~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle-5.15/5.15.0-1039.45~20.04.1

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