Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-6315-1 Critical: Kernel Security Issues

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August 29, 2023

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

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-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-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-aws-5.15: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) 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:

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Topics Covered

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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-5.15.0-1026-gkeop   5.15.0-1026.31
   linux-image-5.15.0-1031-nvidia  5.15.0-1031.31
   linux-image-5.15.0-1031-nvidia-lowlatency  5.15.0-1031.31
   linux-image-5.15.0-1036-ibm     5.15.0-1036.39
   linux-image-5.15.0-1040-gcp     5.15.0-1040.48
   linux-image-5.15.0-1040-gke     5.15.0-1040.45
   linux-image-5.15.0-1040-kvm     5.15.0-1040.45
   linux-image-5.15.0-1041-oracle  5.15.0-1041.47
   linux-image-5.15.0-1043-aws     5.15.0-1043.48
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-generic   5.15.0-82.91
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-generic-64k  5.15.0-82.91
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-generic-lpae  5.15.0-82.91
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-lowlatency  5.15.0-82.91
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-82.91
   linux-image-aws-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1043.42
   linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1040.36
   linux-image-generic             5.15.0.82.78
   linux-image-generic-64k         5.15.0.82.78
   linux-image-generic-lpae        5.15.0.82.78
   linux-image-gke                 5.15.0.1040.39
   linux-image-gke-5.15            5.15.0.1040.39
   linux-image-gkeop               5.15.0.1026.25
   linux-image-gkeop-5.15          5.15.0.1026.25
   linux-image-ibm                 5.15.0.1036.32
   linux-image-kvm                 5.15.0.1040.36
   linux-image-lowlatency          5.15.0.82.84
   linux-image-lowlatency-64k      5.15.0.82.84
   linux-image-nvidia              5.15.0.1031.31
   linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency   5.15.0.1031.31
   linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04    5.15.0.1041.36
   linux-image-virtual             5.15.0.82.78

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   linux-image-5.15.0-1041-oracle  5.15.0-1041.47~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1043-aws     5.15.0-1043.48~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-generic   5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-generic-64k  5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-generic-lpae  5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-lowlatency  5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-82-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-82.91~20.04.1
   linux-image-aws                 5.15.0.1043.48~20.04.31
   linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.82.91~20.04.40
   linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04   5.15.0.82.91~20.04.40
   linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.82.91~20.04.40
   linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.82.91~20.04.37
   linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.82.91~20.04.37
   linux-image-oem-20.04           5.15.0.82.91~20.04.40
   linux-image-oem-20.04b          5.15.0.82.91~20.04.40
   linux-image-oem-20.04c          5.15.0.82.91~20.04.40
   linux-image-oem-20.04d          5.15.0.82.91~20.04.40
   linux-image-oracle              5.15.0.1041.47~20.04.1
   linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04   5.15.0.82.91~20.04.40

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.