[USN-7234-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

[Rodrigo Figueiredo Zaiden]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7234-1
January 28, 2025

linux, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-ibm,
linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi
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-bluefield: Linux kernel for NVIDIA BlueField platforms
- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
- linux-gcp-5.4: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-ibm-5.4: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-oracle-5.4: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details:

Ye Zhang and Nicolas Wu discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle locking for rings with IOPOLL, leading to a
double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2023-21400)

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:
   - TTY drivers;
   - Netfilter;
   - Network traffic control;
   - VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2024-53141, CVE-2024-53103, CVE-2024-40967, CVE-2024-53164)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.4.0-1085-ibm      5.4.0-1085.90
   linux-image-5.4.0-1098-bluefield  5.4.0-1098.105
   linux-image-5.4.0-1122-raspi    5.4.0-1122.134
   linux-image-5.4.0-1126-kvm      5.4.0-1126.134
   linux-image-5.4.0-1137-oracle   5.4.0-1137.146
   linux-image-5.4.0-1142-gcp      5.4.0-1142.151
   linux-image-5.4.0-205-generic   5.4.0-205.225
   linux-image-5.4.0-205-generic-lpae  5.4.0-205.225
   linux-image-5.4.0-205-lowlatency  5.4.0-205.225
   linux-image-bluefield           5.4.0.1098.94
   linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1142.144
   linux-image-generic             5.4.0.205.201
   linux-image-generic-lpae        5.4.0.205.201
   linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04       5.4.0.1085.114
   linux-image-kvm                 5.4.0.1126.122
   linux-image-lowlatency          5.4.0.205.201
   linux-image-oem                 5.4.0.205.201
   linux-image-oem-osp1            5.4.0.205.201
   linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04    5.4.0.1137.130
   linux-image-raspi               5.4.0.1122.152
   linux-image-raspi2              5.4.0.1122.152
   linux-image-virtual             5.4.0.205.201

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   linux-image-5.4.0-1085-ibm      5.4.0-1085.90~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1137-oracle   5.4.0-1137.146~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-5.4.0-1142-gcp      5.4.0-1142.151~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-gcp                 5.4.0.1142.151~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-ibm                 5.4.0.1085.90~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-oracle              5.4.0.1137.146~18.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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-7234-1
   CVE-2023-21400, CVE-2024-40967, CVE-2024-53103, CVE-2024-53141,
   CVE-2024-53164

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.4.0-205.225
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-bluefield/5.4.0-1098.105
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.4.0-1142.151
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/5.4.0-1085.90
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.4.0-1126.134
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.4.0-1137.146
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/5.4.0-1122.134

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