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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7020-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 7020-1 - Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7020-1September 18, 2024linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency,linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8,linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle vulnerabilities==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS- Ubuntu 22.04 LTSSummary: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-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems- linux-gke: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) 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-lowlatency-hwe-6.8: Linux low latency kernel- linux-nvidia-6.8: Linux kernel for NVIDIA systemsDetails: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: - GPU drivers; - Network drivers; - SCSI drivers; - F2FS file system; - BPF subsystem; - IPv4 networking;(CVE-2024-42160, CVE-2024-42159, CVE-2024-42154, CVE-2024-41009,CVE-2024-42228, CVE-2024-42224)Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-image-6.8.0-1011-gke 6.8.0-1011.14 linux-image-6.8.0-1013-ibm 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-6.8.0-1013-oem 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-6.8.0-1013-oracle 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-6.8.0-1013-oracle-64k 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-nvidia-64k 6.8.0-1014.15 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1014.15.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-nvidia-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-1014.15.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1015-gcp 6.8.0-1015.17 linux-image-6.8.0-1016-aws 6.8.0-1016.17 linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic 6.8.0-45.45 linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic-64k 6.8.0-45.45 linux-image-6.8.0-45-lowlatency 6.8.0-45.45.1 linux-image-6.8.0-45-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-45.45.1 linux-image-aws 6.8.0-1016.17 linux-image-gcp 6.8.0-1015.17 linux-image-generic 6.8.0-45.45 linux-image-generic-64k 6.8.0-45.45 linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 6.8.0-45.45 linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 6.8.0-45.45 linux-image-generic-lpae 6.8.0-45.45 linux-image-gke 6.8.0-1011.14 linux-image-ibm 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-ibm-classic 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-kvm 6.8.0-45.45 linux-image-lowlatency 6.8.0-45.45.1 linux-image-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-45.45.1 linux-image-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15 linux-image-nvidia-64k 6.8.0-1014.15 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1014.15.1 linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-1014.15.1 linux-image-oem-24.04 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-oem-24.04a 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-oracle 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-oracle-64k 6.8.0-1013.13 linux-image-virtual 6.8.0-45.45 linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 6.8.0-45.45Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-image-6.8.0-1014-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-1014-nvidia-64k 6.8.0-1014.15~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-45-lowlatency 6.8.0-45.45.1~22.04.1 linux-image-6.8.0-45-lowlatency-64k 6.8.0-45.45.1~22.04.1 linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-45.45.1~22.04.1 linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 6.8.0-45.45.1~22.04.1 linux-image-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1014.15~22.04.1 linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 6.8.0-1014.15~22.04.1After 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-7020-1 CVE-2024-41009, CVE-2024-42154, CVE-2024-42159, CVE-2024-42160, CVE-2024-42224, CVE-2024-42228Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/6.8.0-45.45 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/6.8.0-1016.17 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/6.8.0-1015.17 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke/6.8.0-1011.14 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/6.8.0-1013.13 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/6.8.0-45.45.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia/6.8.0-1014.15 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia-lowlatency/6.8.0-1014.15.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-6.8/6.8.0-1013.13 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/6.8.0-1013.13 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8/6.8.0-45.45.1~22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-nvidia-6.8/6.8.0-1014.15~22.04.1
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