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The system could be compromised under certain conditions.
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-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel
- linux-nvidia: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems
- linux-nvidia-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel for NVIDIA systems
- linux-oem-6.8: Linux kernel for OEM systems
- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
- linux-aws-6.8: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-gcp-6.8: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-hwe-6.8: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8: Linux low latency kernel
- linux-nvidia-6.8: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems
- linux-oracle-6.8: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
Details:
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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-image-6.8.0-1013-raspi 6.8.0-1013.14 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-ibm 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-oem 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-oracle 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-oracle-64k 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-6.8.0-1015-nvidia 6.8.0-1015.16 linux-image-6.8.0-1015-nvidia-64k 6.8.0-1015.16 linux-image-6.8.0-1015-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1015.16.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1015-nvidia-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-1015.16.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1016-gcp 6.8.0-1016.18 linux-image-6.8.0-1017-aws 6.8.0-1017.18 linux-image-6.8.0-47-generic 6.8.0-47.47 linux-image-6.8.0-47-generic-64k 6.8.0-47.47 linux-image-6.8.0-47-lowlatency 6.8.0-47.47.1 linux-image-6.8.0-47-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-47.47.1 linux-image-aws 6.8.0-1017.18 linux-image-gcp 6.8.0-1016.18 linux-image-generic 6.8.0-47.47 linux-image-generic-64k 6.8.0-47.47 linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 6.8.0-47.47 linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 6.8.0-47.47 linux-image-generic-lpae 6.8.0-47.47 linux-image-ibm 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-ibm-classic 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-kvm 6.8.0-47.47 linux-image-lowlatency 6.8.0-47.47.1 linux-image-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-47.47.1 linux-image-nvidia 6.8.0-1015.16 linux-image-nvidia-64k 6.8.0-1015.16 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1015.16.1 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-1015.16.1 linux-image-oem-24.04 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-oem-24.04a 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-oracle 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-oracle-64k 6.8.0-1014.14 linux-image-raspi 6.8.0-1013.14 linux-image-virtual 6.8.0-47.47 linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 6.8.0-47.47 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-image-6.8.0-1014-oracle 6.8.0-1014.14~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-oracle-64k 6.8.0-1014.14~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1015-nvidia 6.8.0-1015.16~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1015-nvidia-64k 6.8.0-1015.16~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1016-gcp 6.8.0-1016.18~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1017-aws 6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-47-generic 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-47-generic-64k 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-47-lowlatency 6.8.0-47.47.1~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-47-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-47.47.1~22.04.1 linux-image-aws 6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1 linux-image-gcp 6.8.0-1016.18~22.04.1 linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-47.47.1~22.04.1 linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-47.47.1~22.04.1 linux-image-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1015.16~22.04.1 linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 6.8.0-1015.16~22.04.1 linux-image-oem-22.04 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 linux-image-oem-22.04a 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 linux-image-oem-22.04b 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 linux-image-oem-22.04c 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 linux-image-oem-22.04d 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 linux-image-oracle 6.8.0-1014.14~22.04.1 linux-image-oracle-64k 6.8.0-1014.14~22.04.1 linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-47.47~22.04.1 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.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7071-1
CVE-2024-45016
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