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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - USN-7088-3 Critical: Kernel Integer Overflow

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2024
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Numerous updates for Linux kernel vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, bolstering system defenses against diverse threats.
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:

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

- linux-oracle-5.4: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details:

Ziming Zhang discovered that the VMware Virtual GPU DRM driver in the

Linux kernel contained an integer overflow vulnerability. A local

attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

(CVE-2022-36402)

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:

- ARM64 architecture;

- PowerPC architecture;

- User-Mode Linux (UML);

- x86 architecture;

- Block layer subsystem;

- Cryptographic API;

- Android drivers;

- Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;

- ATM drivers;

- Drivers core;

- CPU frequency scaling framework;

- Device frequency scaling framework;

- GPU drivers;

- HID subsystem;

- Hardware monit...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu kernel integer overflow Oracle AWS

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  linux-image-5.4.0-1134-oracle   5.4.0-1134.143~18.04.1
				  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-5.4.0-1135-aws      5.4.0-1135.145~18.04.1
				  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-aws                 5.4.0.1135.145~18.04.1
				  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-oracle              5.4.0.1134.143~18.04.1
				  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-7088-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7088-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7088-1

CVE-2021-47212, CVE-2022-36402, CVE-2023-52531, CVE-2023-52614,

CVE-2023-52918, CVE-2024-26607, CVE-2024-26640, CVE-2024-26641,

CVE-2024-26668, CVE-2024-26669, CVE-2024-26800, CVE-2024-26885,

CVE-2024-26891, CVE-2024-27051, CVE-2024-35848, CVE-2024-36484,

CVE-2024-38602, CVE-2024-38611, CVE-2024-40929, CVE-2024-41011,

CVE-2024-41012, CVE-2024-41015, CVE-2024-41017, CVE-2024-41020,

CVE-2024-41022, CVE-2024-41042, CVE-2024-41059, CVE-2024-41063,

CVE-2024-41064, CVE-2024-41065, CVE-2024-41068, CVE-2024-41070,

CVE-2024-41071, CVE-2024-41072, CVE-2024-41073, CVE-2024-41081,

CVE-2024-41090, CVE-2024-41091, CVE-2024-41098, CVE-2024-42131,

CVE-2024-42229, CVE-2024-42244, CVE-2024-42246, CVE-2024-42259,

CVE-2024-42265, CVE-2024-42271, CVE-2024-42276, CVE-2024-42280,

CVE-2024-42281, CVE-2024-42283, CVE-2024-42284, CVE-2024-42285,

CVE-2024-42286, CVE-2024-42287, CVE-2024-42288, CVE-2024-42289,

CVE-2024-42290, CVE-2024-42292, CVE-2024-42295, CVE-2024-42297,

CVE-2024-42301, CVE-2024-42304, CVE-2024-42305, CVE-2024-42306,

CVE-2024-42309, CVE-2024-42310, CVE-2024-42311, CVE-2024-42313,

CVE-2024-43829, CVE-2024-43830, CVE-2024-43835, CVE-2024-43839,

CVE-2024-43841, CVE-2024-43846, CVE-2024-43853, CVE-2024-43854,

CVE-2024-43856, CVE-2024-43858, CVE-2024-43860, CVE-2024-43861,

CVE-2024-43867, CVE-2024-43871, CVE-2024-43879, CVE-2024-43880,

CVE-2024-43882, CVE-2024-43883, CVE-2024-43884, CVE-2024-43890,

CVE-2024-43893, CVE-2024-43894, CVE-2024-43908, CVE-2024-43914,

CVE-2024-44935, CVE-2024-44944, CVE-2024-44946, CVE-2024-44947,

CVE-2024-44948, CVE-2024-44952, CVE-2024-44954, CVE-2024-44960,

CVE-2024-44965, CVE-2024-44969, CVE-2024-44987, CVE-2024-44988,

CVE-2024-44995, CVE-2024-44998, CVE-2024-44999, CVE-2024-45003,

CVE-2024-45006, CVE-2024-45008, CVE-2024-45021, CVE-2024-45025,

CVE-2024-45026, CVE-2024-45028, CVE-2024-46673, CVE-2024-46675,

CVE-2024-46676, CVE-2024-46677, CVE-2024-46679, CVE-2024-46685,

CVE-2024-46689, CVE-2024-46714, CVE-2024-46719, CVE-2024-46721,

CVE-2024-46722, CVE-2024-46723, CVE-2024-46737, CVE-2024-46738,

CVE-2024-46739, CVE-2024-46740, CVE-2024-46743, CVE-2024-46744,

CVE-2024-46745, CVE-2024-46747, CVE-2024-46750, CVE-2024-46755,

CVE-2024-46756, CVE-2024-46757, CVE-2024-46758, CVE-2024-46759,

CVE-2024-46761, CVE-2024-46771, CVE-2024-46777, CVE-2024-46780,

CVE-2024-46781, CVE-2024-46782, CVE-2024-46783, CVE-2024-46798,

CVE-2024-46800, CVE-2024-46815, CVE-2024-46817, CVE-2024-46818,

CVE-2024-46822, CVE-2024-46828, CVE-2024-46829, CVE-2024-46840,

CVE-2024-46844, CVE-2024-47659, CVE-2024-47663, CVE-2024-47667,

CVE-2024-47668, CVE-2024-47669

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu kernel integer overflow Oracle AWS

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