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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-7110-1 critical: Kernel Flaws Fixed

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Calendar Grey November 14, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu has released urgent security advisories addressing critical vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel, urging users to update affected systems immediately.
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-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments

- linux-lts-xenial: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty

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:

- Cryptographic API;

- HW tracing;

- ISDN/mISDN subsystem;

- Media drivers;

- Network drivers;

- SCSI drivers;

- USB DSL drivers;

- VFIO drivers;

- Watchdog drivers;

- JFS file system;

- Amateur Radio drivers;

- IPv4 networking;

- IUCV driver;

- TIPC protocol;

- Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;

- SoC Audio for Freescale CPUs drivers;

- USB sound devices;

(CVE-2024-42229, CVE-2024-27436, CVE-2024-42271, CVE-2024-46673,

CVE-2024-42284, CVE-2024-26810, CVE-2024-...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  linux-image-4.4.0-1138-kvm      4.4.0-1138.148
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-4.4.0-1175-aws      4.4.0-1175.190
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-4.4.0-260-generic   4.4.0-260.294
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-4.4.0-260-lowlatency  4.4.0-260.294
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-aws                 4.4.0.1175.179
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-generic             4.4.0.260.266
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-generic-lts-xenial  4.4.0.260.266
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-kvm                 4.4.0.1138.135
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-lowlatency          4.4.0.260.266
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial  4.4.0.260.266
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-virtual             4.4.0.260.266
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial  4.4.0.260.266
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  linux-image-4.4.0-1137-aws      4.4.0-1137.143
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-4.4.0-260-generic   4.4.0-260.294~14.04.1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-4.4.0-260-lowlatency  4.4.0-260.294~14.04.1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  linux-image-aws                 4.4.0.1137.134
                                  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-7110-1

CVE-2023-52528, CVE-2024-26810, CVE-2024-26812, CVE-2024-27436,

CVE-2024-38602, CVE-2024-38621, CVE-2024-38627, CVE-2024-38630,

CVE-2024-39487, CVE-2024-39494, CVE-2024-41097, CVE-2024-42089,

CVE-2024-42223, CVE-2024-42229, CVE-2024-42271, CVE-2024-42280,

CVE-2024-42284, CVE-2024-43858, CVE-2024-44940, CVE-2024-46673

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