Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-6462-1 Moderate: Linux Kernel Security Updates

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October 31, 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-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems

- linux-bluefield: Linux kernel for NVIDIA BlueField platforms

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

- linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems

- linux-xilinx-zynqmp: Linux kernel for Xilinx ZynqMP processors

- linux-aws-5.4: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems

- linux-azure-5.4: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure cloud systems

- linux-gcp-5.4: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

- linux-hwe-5.4: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel

- linux-ibm-5.4: Linux...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu system updates linux kernel local attacker

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   linux-image-5.4.0-1033-xilinx-zynqmp  5.4.0-1033.37
   linux-image-5.4.0-1060-ibm      5.4.0-1060.65
   linux-image-5.4.0-1074-bluefield  5.4.0-1074.80
   linux-image-5.4.0-1080-gkeop    5.4.0-1080.84
   linux-image-5.4.0-1097-raspi    5.4.0-1097.109
   linux-image-5.4.0-1102-kvm      5.4.0-1102.108
   linux-image-5.4.0-1112-oracle   5.4.0-1112.121
   linux-image-5.4.0-1113-aws      5.4.0-1113.123
   linux-image-5.4.0-1117-gcp      5.4.0-1117.126
   linux-image-5.4.0-1119-azure    5.4.0-1119.126
   linux-image-5.4.0-166-generic   5.4.0-166.183
   linux-image-5.4.0-166-generic-lpae  5.4.0-166.183
   linux-image-5.4.0-166-lowlatency  5.4.0-166.183
   linux-image-aws-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1113.110
   linux-image-azure-lts-20.04     5.4.0.1119.112
   linux-image-bluefield           5.4.0.1074.69
   linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1117.119
   linux-image-generic             5.4.0.166.163
   linux-image-generic-lpae        5.4.0.166.163
   linux-image-gkeop               5.4.0.1080.78
   linux-image-gkeop-5.4           5.4.0.1080.78
   linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1060.89
   linux-image-kvm                 5.4.0.1102.97
   linux-image-lowlatency          5.4.0.166.163
   linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.166.163
   linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.166.163
   linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04    5.4.0.1112.105
   linux-image-raspi               5.4.0.1097.127
   linux-image-raspi2              5.4.0.1097.127
   linux-image-virtual             5.4.0.166.163
   linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp       5.4.0.1033.33

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   linux-image-5.4.0-1060-ibm      5.4.0-1060.65~18.04.1
   linux-image-5.4.0-1097-raspi    5.4.0-1097.109~18.04.2
   linux-image-5.4.0-1112-oracle   5.4.0-1112.121~18.04.4
   linux-image-5.4.0-1113-aws      5.4.0-1113.123~18.04.1
   linux-image-5.4.0-1117-gcp      5.4.0-1117.126~18.04.1
   linux-image-5.4.0-1119-azure    5.4.0-1119.126~18.04.2
   linux-image-5.4.0-166-generic   5.4.0-166.183~18.04.2
   linux-image-5.4.0-166-lowlatency  5.4.0-166.183~18.04.2
   linux-image-aws                 5.4.0.1113.91
   linux-image-azure               5.4.0.1119.92
   linux-image-gcp                 5.4.0.1117.93
   linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04   5.4.0.166.183~18.04.134
   linux-image-ibm                 5.4.0.1060.71
   linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.166.183~18.04.134
   linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.166.183~18.04.134
   linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.166.183~18.04.134
   linux-image-oracle              5.4.0.1112.121~18.04.84
   linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04     5.4.0.1097.94
   linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.166.183~18.04.134
   linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04   5.4.0.166.183~18.04.134

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.