[USN-4319-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

[Steve Beattie]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4319-1
April 06, 2020

linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm,
linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.3, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3
vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-raspi2: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2
- linux-gcp-5.3: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-hwe: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-oracle-5.3: Linux kernel Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-raspi2-5.3: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2

Details:

It was discovered that the IPMI message handler implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly deallocate memory in certain situations. A local
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory
exhaustion). (CVE-2019-19046)

Al Viro discovered that the vfs layer in the Linux kernel contained a use-
after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial
of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel
memory). (CVE-2020-8428)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.10:
  linux-image-5.3.0-1014-oracle   5.3.0-1014.15
  linux-image-5.3.0-1015-kvm      5.3.0-1015.16
  linux-image-5.3.0-1016-aws      5.3.0-1016.17
  linux-image-5.3.0-1017-gcp      5.3.0-1017.18
  linux-image-5.3.0-1022-raspi2   5.3.0-1022.24
  linux-image-5.3.0-46-generic    5.3.0-46.38
  linux-image-5.3.0-46-generic-lpae  5.3.0-46.38
  linux-image-5.3.0-46-lowlatency  5.3.0-46.38
  linux-image-5.3.0-46-snapdragon  5.3.0-46.38
  linux-image-aws                 5.3.0.1016.18
  linux-image-gcp                 5.3.0.1017.18
  linux-image-generic             5.3.0.46.39
  linux-image-generic-lpae        5.3.0.46.39
  linux-image-gke                 5.3.0.1017.18
  linux-image-kvm                 5.3.0.1015.17
  linux-image-lowlatency          5.3.0.46.39
  linux-image-oracle              5.3.0.1014.15
  linux-image-raspi2              5.3.0.1022.19
  linux-image-snapdragon          5.3.0.46.39
  linux-image-virtual             5.3.0.46.39

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  linux-image-5.3.0-1014-oracle   5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-1017-gcp      5.3.0-1017.18~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-1022-raspi2   5.3.0-1022.24~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-46-generic    5.3.0-46.38~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-46-generic-lpae  5.3.0-46.38~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.3.0-46-lowlatency  5.3.0-46.38~18.04.1
  linux-image-gcp-edge            5.3.0.1017.16
  linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04   5.3.0.46.102
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04  5.3.0.46.102
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04  5.3.0.46.102
  linux-image-oracle-edge         5.3.0.1014.13
  linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18.04    5.3.0.1022.11
  linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04  5.3.0.46.102
  linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04   5.3.0.46.102

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://usn.ubuntu.com/4319-1
  CVE-2019-19046, CVE-2020-8428

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.3.0-46.38
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.3.0-1016.17
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.3.0-1017.18
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.3.0-1015.16
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.3.0-1014.15
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2/5.3.0-1022.24
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp-5.3/5.3.0-1017.18~18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/5.3.0-46.38~18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle-5.3/5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2-5.3/5.3.0-1022.24~18.04.1

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