[USN-4945-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Steve Beattie steve.beattie at canonical.com
Tue May 11 23:02:55 UTC 2021 

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4945-1
May 11, 2021

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp,
linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4,
linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4  vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- 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-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems
- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-gke: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-gkeop: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-aws-5.4: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-azure-5.4: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure cloud systems
- linux-gcp-5.4: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-gke-5.4: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-gkeop-5.4: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-hwe-5.4: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-oracle-5.4: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details:

It was discovered that the Nouveau GPU driver in the Linux kernel did not
properly handle error conditions in some situations. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-25639)

Jan Beulich discovered that the Xen netback backend in the Linux kernel did
not properly handle certain error conditions under paravirtualization. An
attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service
(host domain crash). (CVE-2021-28038)

It was discovered that the fastrpc driver in the Linux kernel did not
prevent user space applications from sending kernel RPC messages. A local
attacker could possibly use this to gain elevated privileges.
(CVE-2021-28375)

It was discovered that the Realtek RTL8188EU Wireless device driver in the
Linux kernel did not properly validate ssid lengths in some situations. An
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2021-28660)

It was discovered that the USB/IP driver in the Linux kernel contained race
conditions during the update of local and shared status. An attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-29265)

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the netfilter subsystem
of the Linux kernel when replacing tables. A local attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-29650)

Arnd Bergmann discovered that the video4linux subsystem in the Linux kernel
did not properly deallocate memory in some situations. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
(CVE-2021-30002)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  linux-image-5.4.0-1015-gkeop    5.4.0-1015.16
  linux-image-5.4.0-1039-kvm      5.4.0-1039.40
  linux-image-5.4.0-1043-gcp      5.4.0-1043.46
  linux-image-5.4.0-1043-gke      5.4.0-1043.45
  linux-image-5.4.0-1045-oracle   5.4.0-1045.49+1
  linux-image-5.4.0-1047-azure    5.4.0-1047.49
  linux-image-5.4.0-1048-aws      5.4.0-1048.50
  linux-image-5.4.0-73-generic    5.4.0-73.82
  linux-image-5.4.0-73-generic-lpae  5.4.0-73.82
  linux-image-5.4.0-73-lowlatency  5.4.0-73.82
  linux-image-aws                 5.4.0.1048.49
  linux-image-azure               5.4.0.1047.45
  linux-image-gcp                 5.4.0.1043.52
  linux-image-generic             5.4.0.73.76
  linux-image-generic-lpae        5.4.0.73.76
  linux-image-gke                 5.4.0.1043.52
  linux-image-gke-5.4             5.4.0.1043.52
  linux-image-gkeop               5.4.0.1015.18
  linux-image-gkeop-5.4           5.4.0.1015.18
  linux-image-kvm                 5.4.0.1039.37
  linux-image-lowlatency          5.4.0.73.76
  linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.73.76
  linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.73.76
  linux-image-oracle              5.4.0.1045.44
  linux-image-virtual             5.4.0.73.76

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  linux-image-5.4.0-1015-gkeop    5.4.0-1015.16~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-1043-gcp      5.4.0-1043.46~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-1043-gke      5.4.0-1043.45~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-1044-oracle   5.4.0-1044.47~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-1047-azure    5.4.0-1047.49~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-1048-aws      5.4.0-1048.50~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-73-generic    5.4.0-73.82~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-73-generic-lpae  5.4.0-73.82~18.04.1
  linux-image-5.4.0-73-lowlatency  5.4.0-73.82~18.04.1
  linux-image-aws                 5.4.0.1048.30
  linux-image-azure               5.4.0.1047.26
  linux-image-gcp                 5.4.0.1043.30
  linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04   5.4.0.73.82~18.04.66
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.73.82~18.04.66
  linux-image-gke-5.4             5.4.0.1043.45~18.04.9
  linux-image-gkeop-5.4           5.4.0.1015.16~18.04.16
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.73.82~18.04.66
  linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.73.82~18.04.66
  linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.73.82~18.04.66
  linux-image-oracle              5.4.0.1044.47~18.04.26
  linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04  5.4.0.73.82~18.04.66
  linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04   5.4.0.73.82~18.04.66

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-4945-1
  CVE-2020-25639, CVE-2021-28038, CVE-2021-28375, CVE-2021-28660,
  CVE-2021-29265, CVE-2021-29650, CVE-2021-30002

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.4.0-73.82
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.4.0-1048.50
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.4.0-1047.49
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.4.0-1043.46
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke/5.4.0-1043.45
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop/5.4.0-1015.16
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.4.0-1039.40
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.4.0-1045.49
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws-5.4/5.4.0-1048.50~18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure-5.4/5.4.0-1047.49~18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp-5.4/5.4.0-1043.46~18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke-5.4/5.4.0-1043.45~18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop-5.4/5.4.0-1015.16~18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-5.4/5.4.0-73.82~18.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle-5.4/5.4.0-1044.47~18.04.1

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