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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6699-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 6699-1 - Reima Ishii discovered that the nested KVM implementation for Intel x86 processors in the Linux kernel did not properly validate control registers in certain situations. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle network packets in certain conditions, leading to a use after free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6699-1March 18, 2024linux vulnerabilities==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)Summary:Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.Software Description:- linux: Linux kernelDetails:Reima Ishii discovered that the nested KVM implementation for Intel x86processors in the Linux kernel did not properly validate control registersin certain situations. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause adenial of service (guest crash). (CVE-2023-30456)It was discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing scheduler implementation inthe Linux kernel did not properly handle network packets in certainconditions, leading to a use after free vulnerability. A local attackercould use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possiblyexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4921)It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SCSI EmulexLightPulse Fibre Channel driver in the Linux kernel when unregistering FCFand re-scanning an HBA FCF table, leading to a null pointer dereferencevulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service(system crash). (CVE-2024-24855)Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): linux-image-3.13.0-197-generic 3.13.0-197.248 linux-image-3.13.0-197-lowlatency 3.13.0-197.248 linux-image-generic 3.13.0.197.207 linux-image-generic-lts-trusty 3.13.0.197.207 linux-image-lowlatency 3.13.0.197.207 linux-image-server 3.13.0.197.207 linux-image-virtual 3.13.0.197.207After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to makeall the necessary changes.ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates havebeen given a new version number, which requires you to recompile andreinstall 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 performthis as well.References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6699-1 CVE-2023-30456, CVE-2023-4921, CVE-2024-24855
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