[LSN-0090-1] Linux kernel vulnerability

[benjamin.romer at canonical.com]

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

-   Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
-   Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
-   Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the 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-ibm - Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems

Details

David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel
did not properly validate passed user register indices. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1015)

David Bouman and Billy Jheng Bing Jhong discovered that a race condition
existed in the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to a use-
after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2022-2602)

Sönke Huster discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed
in the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel, leading to a buffer
overflow. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2022-41674)

Sönke Huster discovered that the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel did
not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a
use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-42720)

Sönke Huster discovered that the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel did
not properly handle BSSID/SSID lists in some situations. A physically
proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (infinite
loop). (CVE-2022-42721)

Sönke Huster discovered that the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel
contained a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in certain situations. A
physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash). (CVE-2022-42722)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your kernel livepatch to the
following versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    aws - 90.2
    aws - 90.3
    azure - 90.2
    gcp - 90.2
    gcp - 90.3
    generic - 90.2
    gke - 90.2
    gke - 90.3
    gkeop - 90.2
    ibm - 90.2
    lowlatency - 90.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    aws - 90.2
    azure - 90.2
    gcp - 90.2
    generic - 90.2
    gke - 90.2
    gkeop - 90.2
    ibm - 90.2
    lowlatency - 90.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
    aws - 90.1
    aws - 90.2
    azure - 90.1
    azure - 90.2
    gcp - 90.1
    gcp - 90.2
    generic - 90.2
    gke - 90.1
    gke - 90.2
    ibm - 90.1
    ibm - 90.2
    lowlatency - 90.2

Support Information

Kernels older than the levels listed below do not receive livepatch
updates. If you are running a kernel version earlier than the one listed
below, please upgrade your kernel as soon as possible.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    linux-aws-5.15 - 5.15.0-1000
    linux-aws - 5.4.0-1009
    linux-aws - 5.4.0-1061
    linux-azure-5.15 - 5.15.0-1069
    linux-azure - 5.4.0-1010
    linux-gcp-5.15 - 5.15.0-1000
    linux-gcp - 5.4.0-1009
    linux-gke-5.15 - 5.15.0-1000
    linux-gke - 5.4.0-1033
    linux-gkeop - 5.4.0-1009
    linux-hwe - 5.15.0-0
    linux-ibm-5.15 - 5.15.0-1000
    linux-ibm - 5.4.0-1009
    linux-oem - 5.4.0-26
    linux - 5.4.0-26

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    linux-aws-5.4 - 5.4.0-1069
    linux-aws - 4.15.0-1054
    linux-aws - 4.15.0-1119
    linux-azure-4.15 - 4.15.0-1115
    linux-azure-5.4 - 5.4.0-1069
    linux-gcp-4.15 - 4.15.0-1121
    linux-gcp-5.4 - 5.4.0-1069
    linux-gke-4.15 - 4.15.0-1076
    linux-gke-5.4 - 5.4.0-1009
    linux-gkeop-5.4 - 5.4.0-1007
    linux-hwe-5.4 - 5.4.0-26
    linux-ibm-5.4 - 5.4.0-1009
    linux-oem - 4.15.0-1063
    linux - 4.15.0-69

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
    linux-aws-hwe - 4.15.0-1126
    linux-aws - 4.4.0-1098
    linux-aws - 4.4.0-1129
    linux-azure - 4.15.0-1063
    linux-azure - 4.15.0-1078
    linux-azure - 4.15.0-1114
    linux-gcp - 4.15.0-1118
    linux-hwe - 4.15.0-143
    linux-hwe - 4.15.0-69
    linux - 4.4.0-168
    linux - 4.4.0-211

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
    linux-aws - 5.15.0-1000
    linux-azure - 5.15.0-1000
    linux-gcp - 5.15.0-1000
    linux-gke - 5.15.0-1000
    linux-ibm - 5.15.0-1000
    linux - 5.15.0-24
    linux - 5.15.0-25

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
    linux-lts-xenial - 4.4.0-168

References

-   CVE-2022-1015
-   CVE-2022-2602
-   CVE-2022-41674
-   CVE-2022-42720
-   CVE-2022-42721
-   CVE-2022-42722