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Ubuntu: 7069-1 urgent: Security issues in the Linux kernel exposed

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Calendar Grey October 15, 2024
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Important enhancements tackle various vulnerability threats in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu editions.
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-4.15: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems

- linux-gcp-4.15: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments

- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

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

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

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

- x86 architecture;

- Cryptographic API;

- CPU frequency scaling framework;

- HW tracing;

- ISDN/mISDN subsystem;

- Media drivers;

- Network drivers;

- NVME dr...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   linux-image-4.15.0-1136-oracle  4.15.0-1136.147
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-1157-kvm     4.15.0-1157.162
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-1167-gcp     4.15.0-1167.184
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-1174-aws     4.15.0-1174.187
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-1182-azure   4.15.0-1182.197
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-230-generic  4.15.0-230.242
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-230-lowlatency  4.15.0-230.242
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws-lts-18.04       4.15.0.1174.172
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-azure-lts-18.04     4.15.0.1182.150
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04       4.15.0.1167.180
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-generic             4.15.0.230.214
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-kvm                 4.15.0.1157.148
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-lowlatency          4.15.0.230.214
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04    4.15.0.1136.141
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-virtual             4.15.0.230.214
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   linux-image-4.15.0-1136-oracle  4.15.0-1136.147~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-1167-gcp     4.15.0-1167.184~16.04.2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-1174-aws     4.15.0-1174.187~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-230-generic  4.15.0-230.242~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-4.15.0-230-lowlatency  4.15.0-230.242~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws-hwe             4.15.0.1174.187~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gcp                 4.15.0.1167.184~16.04.2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04   4.15.0.230.242~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gke                 4.15.0.1167.184~16.04.2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04  4.15.0.230.242~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oem                 4.15.0.230.242~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oracle              4.15.0.1136.147~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04   4.15.0.230.242~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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-7069-1

CVE-2023-52510, CVE-2023-52528, CVE-2024-26602, CVE-2024-26641,

CVE-2024-26754, CVE-2024-26810, CVE-2024-26812, CVE-2024-26960,

CVE-2024-27051, CVE-2024-27436, CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-36971,

CVE-2024-38602, CVE-2024-38611, CVE-2024-38621, CVE-2024-38627,

CVE-2024-38630, CVE-2024-39487, CVE-2024-39494, CVE-2024-40901,

CVE-2024-40941, CVE-2024-41073, CVE-2024-41097, CVE-2024-42089,

CVE-2024-42157, CVE-2024-42223, CVE-2024-42229, CVE-2024-42244,

CVE-2024-42271, CVE-2024-42280, CVE-2024-42284, CVE-2024-43858,

CVE-2024-44940, CVE-2024-45016, CVE-2024-46673

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