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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6260-1 Critical: Kernel Denial Of Service Risks

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2023
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Numerous weaknesses discovered in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu; please upgrade rapidly to maintain system integrity and safeguarding.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-aws-5.19: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems

- linux-gcp-5.19: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

- linux-hwe-5.19: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel

Details:

It was discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux

kernel did not properly check buffer indexes in certain situations, leading

to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use

this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-48502)

Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS

implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did not properly perform

permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly

use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-2640)

It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did

not properly initialize memory in some situations, ...

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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-5.19.0-1029-aws     5.19.0-1029.30~22.04.1
   linux-image-5.19.0-1030-gcp     5.19.0-1030.32~22.04.1
   linux-image-5.19.0-50-generic   5.19.0-50.50
   linux-image-5.19.0-50-generic-64k  5.19.0-50.50
   linux-image-5.19.0-50-generic-lpae  5.19.0-50.50
   linux-image-aws                 5.19.0.1029.30~22.04.13
   linux-image-gcp                 5.19.0.1030.32~22.04.2
   linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04  5.19.0.50.22
   linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04   5.19.0.50.22
   linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-22.04  5.19.0.50.22
   linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04   5.19.0.50.22

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-6260-1

CVE-2022-48502, CVE-2023-2640, CVE-2023-3090, CVE-2023-31248,

CVE-2023-3141, CVE-2023-32629, CVE-2023-3389, CVE-2023-3390,

CVE-2023-35001

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws-5.19/5.19.0-1029.30~22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp-5.19/5.19.0-1030.32~22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-5.19/5.19.0-50.50

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