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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Security Notice USN-6974-1 Critical Kernel Issues

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6974-1
August 21, 2024

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-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.15, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm,
linux-ibm-5.15, linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-kvm,
linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-oracle,
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-gkeop-5.15: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-hwe-5.15: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-ibm-5.15: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-intel-iotg-5.15: Linux kernel for Intel IoT platforms
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15: Linux low latency kernel

Details:

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
   - SuperH RISC architecture;
   - User-Mode Linux (UML);
   - MMC subsystem;
   - Network drivers;
   - GFS2 file system;
   - IPv4 networking;
   - IPv6 networking;
(CVE-2024-26921, CVE-2023-52629, CVE-2024-26680, CVE-2024-26830,
CVE-2024-39484, CVE-2024-39292, CVE-2024-36901, CVE-2023-52760)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.15.0-1051-gkeop   5.15.0-1051.58
   linux-image-5.15.0-1061-ibm     5.15.0-1061.64
   linux-image-5.15.0-1061-raspi   5.15.0-1061.64
   linux-image-5.15.0-1063-intel-iotg  5.15.0-1063.69
   linux-image-5.15.0-1063-nvidia  5.15.0-1063.64
   linux-image-5.15.0-1063-nvidia-lowlatency  5.15.0-1063.64
   linux-image-5.15.0-1065-gke     5.15.0-1065.71
   linux-image-5.15.0-1065-kvm     5.15.0-1065.70
   linux-image-5.15.0-1066-oracle  5.15.0-1066.72
   linux-image-5.15.0-1067-gcp     5.15.0-1067.75
   linux-image-5.15.0-1068-aws     5.15.0-1068.74
   linux-image-5.15.0-1071-azure   5.15.0-1071.80
   linux-image-5.15.0-1071-azure-fde  5.15.0-1071.80.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic  5.15.0-119.129
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic-64k  5.15.0-119.129
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic-lpae  5.15.0-119.129
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-lowlatency  5.15.0-119.129
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-119.129
   linux-image-aws-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1068.68
   linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22.04  5.15.0.1071.80.48
   linux-image-azure-lts-22.04     5.15.0.1071.69
   linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04       5.15.0.1067.63
   linux-image-generic             5.15.0.119.119
   linux-image-generic-64k         5.15.0.119.119
   linux-image-generic-lpae        5.15.0.119.119
   linux-image-gke                 5.15.0.1065.64
   linux-image-gke-5.15            5.15.0.1065.64
   linux-image-gkeop               5.15.0.1051.50
   linux-image-gkeop-5.15          5.15.0.1051.50
   linux-image-ibm                 5.15.0.1061.57
   linux-image-intel-iotg          5.15.0.1063.63
   linux-image-kvm                 5.15.0.1065.61
   linux-image-lowlatency          5.15.0.119.109
   linux-image-lowlatency-64k      5.15.0.119.109
   linux-image-nvidia              5.15.0.1063.63
   linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency   5.15.0.1063.63
   linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04    5.15.0.1066.62
   linux-image-raspi               5.15.0.1061.59
   linux-image-raspi-nolpae        5.15.0.1061.59
   linux-image-virtual             5.15.0.119.119

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.15.0-1051-gkeop   5.15.0-1051.58~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1061-ibm     5.15.0-1061.64~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1063-intel-iotg  5.15.0-1063.69~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1067-gcp     5.15.0-1067.75~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1068-aws     5.15.0-1068.74~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1071-azure   5.15.0-1071.80~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-1071-azure-fde  5.15.0-1071.80~20.04.1.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic  5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic-64k  5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic-lpae  5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-lowlatency  5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-5.15.0-119-lowlatency-64k  5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-aws                 5.15.0.1068.74~20.04.1
   linux-image-azure               5.15.0.1071.80~20.04.1
   linux-image-azure-cvm           5.15.0.1071.80~20.04.1
   linux-image-azure-fde           5.15.0.1071.80~20.04.1.48
   linux-image-gcp                 5.15.0.1067.75~20.04.1
   linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04   5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-gkeop-5.15          5.15.0.1051.58~20.04.1
   linux-image-ibm                 5.15.0.1061.64~20.04.1
   linux-image-intel               5.15.0.1063.69~20.04.1
   linux-image-intel-iotg          5.15.0.1063.69~20.04.1
   linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04  5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-oem-20.04           5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-oem-20.04b          5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-oem-20.04c          5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-oem-20.04d          5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1
   linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04   5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1

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-6974-1
   CVE-2023-52629, CVE-2023-52760, CVE-2024-26680, CVE-2024-26830,
   CVE-2024-26921, CVE-2024-36901, CVE-2024-39292, CVE-2024-39484

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.15.0-119.129
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.15.0-1068.74
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.15.0-1071.80
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fde/5.15.0-1071.80.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.15.0-1067.75
   
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop/5.15.0-1051.58
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/5.15.0-1061.64
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-intel-iotg/5.15.0-1063.69
   
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/5.15.0-119.129
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/5.15.0-1063.64
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.15.0-1066.72
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/5.15.0-1061.64
   
   
  
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fde-5.15/5.15.0-1071.80~20.04.1.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp-5.15/5.15.0-1067.75~20.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop-5.15/5.15.0-1051.58~20.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm-5.15/5.15.0-1061.64~20.04.1
  
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-intel-iotg-5.15/5.15.0-1063.69~20.04.1
  
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Security Notice USN-6974-1 Critical Kernel Issues

ubuntu
Calendar Grey August 21, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Essential patches for the Linux kernel on Ubuntu have been released to mitigate various vulnerabilities. Discover how to enhance the security of your system.
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-5.15.0-1051-gkeop 5.15.0-1051.58 linux-image-5.15.0-1061-ibm 5.15.0-1061.64 linux-image-5.15.0-1061-raspi 5.15.0-1061.64 linux-image-5.15.0-1063-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1063.69 linux-image-5.15.0-1063-nvidia 5.15.0-1063.64 linux-image-5.15.0-1063-nvidia-lowlatency 5.15.0-1063.64 linux-image-5.15.0-1065-gke 5.15.0-1065.71 linux-image-5.15.0-1065-kvm 5.15.0-1065.70 linux-image-5.15.0-1066-oracle 5.15.0-1066.72 linux-image-5.15.0-1067-gcp 5.15.0-1067.75 linux-image-5.15.0-1068-aws 5.15.0-1068.74 linux-image-5.15.0-1071-azure 5.15.0-1071.80 linux-image-5.15.0-1071-azure-fde 5.15.0-1071.80.1 linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic 5.15.0-119.129 linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic-64k 5.15.0-119.129 linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic-lpae 5.15.0-119.129 linux-image-5.15.0-119-lowlatency 5.15.0-119.129 linux-image-5.15.0-119-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0-119.129 linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1068.68 linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1071.80.48 linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1071.69 linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1067.63 linux-image-generic 5.15.0.119.119 linux-image-generic-64k 5.15.0.119.119 linux-image-generic-lpae 5.15.0.119.119 linux-image-gke 5.15.0.1065.64 linux-image-gke-5.15 5.15.0.1065.64 linux-image-gkeop 5.15.0.1051.50 linux-image-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0.1051.50 linux-image-ibm 5.15.0.1061.57 linux-image-intel-iotg 5.15.0.1063.63 linux-image-kvm 5.15.0.1065.61 linux-image-lowlatency 5.15.0.119.109 linux-image-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0.119.109 linux-image-nvidia 5.15.0.1063.63 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency 5.15.0.1063.63 linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 5.15.0.1066.62 linux-image-raspi 5.15.0.1061.59 linux-image-raspi-nolpae 5.15.0.1061.59 linux-image-virtual 5.15.0.119.119 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-image-5.15.0-1051-gkeop 5.15.0-1051.58~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1061-ibm 5.15.0-1061.64~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1063-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1063.69~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1067-gcp 5.15.0-1067.75~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1068-aws 5.15.0-1068.74~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1071-azure 5.15.0-1071.80~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-1071-azure-fde 5.15.0-1071.80~20.04.1.1 linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic 5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic-64k 5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-119-generic-lpae 5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-119-lowlatency 5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-5.15.0-119-lowlatency-64k 5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-aws 5.15.0.1068.74~20.04.1 linux-image-azure 5.15.0.1071.80~20.04.1 linux-image-azure-cvm 5.15.0.1071.80~20.04.1 linux-image-azure-fde 5.15.0.1071.80~20.04.1.48 linux-image-gcp 5.15.0.1067.75~20.04.1 linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0.1051.58~20.04.1 linux-image-ibm 5.15.0.1061.64~20.04.1 linux-image-intel 5.15.0.1063.69~20.04.1 linux-image-intel-iotg 5.15.0.1063.69~20.04.1 linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-oem-20.04 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-oem-20.04b 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-oem-20.04c 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-oem-20.04d 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 5.15.0.119.129~20.04.1 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-6974-1

CVE-2023-52629, CVE-2023-52760, CVE-2024-26680, CVE-2024-26830,

CVE-2024-26921, CVE-2024-36901, CVE-2024-39292, CVE-2024-39484

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6974-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.15.0-119.129 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.15.0-1068.74 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.15.0-1071.80 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fde/5.15.0-1071.80.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.15.0-1067.75 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop/5.15.0-1051.58 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/5.15.0-1061.64 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-intel-iotg/5.15.0-1063.69 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/5.15.0-119.129 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/5.15.0-1063.64 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.15.0-1066.72 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/5.15.0-1061.64 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-fde-5.15/5.15.0-1071.80~20.04.1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp-5.15/5.15.0-1067.75~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop-5.15/5.15.0-1051.58~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm-5.15/5.15.0-1061.64~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-intel-iotg-5.15/5.15.0-1063.69~20.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15/5.15.0-119.129~20.04.1

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