Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6651-2: Critical Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel - linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5: Linux low latency kernel - linux-oem-6.5: Linux kernel for OEM systems Details: It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) subsystem of 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-2023-51780) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the AppleTalk networking subsystem of 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-2023-51781) Zhenghan Wang discovered that the generic ID a...
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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10: linux-image-6.5.0-21-lowlatency 6.5.0-21.21.1 linux-image-6.5.0-21-lowlatency-64k 6.5.0-21.21.1 linux-image-lowlatency 6.5.0.21.21.15 linux-image-lowlatency-64k 6.5.0.21.21.15 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: linux-image-6.5.0-1015-oem 6.5.0-1015.16 linux-image-6.5.0-21-lowlatency 6.5.0-21.21.1~22.04.1 linux-image-6.5.0-21-lowlatency-64k 6.5.0-21.21.1~22.04.1 linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 6.5.0.21.21.1~22.04.7 linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 6.5.0.21.21.1~22.04.7 linux-image-oem-22.04d 6.5.0.1015.17 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-6651-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6651-1
CVE-2023-51780, CVE-2023-51781, CVE-2023-6915, CVE-2024-0565,
CVE-2024-0582, CVE-2024-0646
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/6.5.0-21.21.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5/6.5.0-21.21.1~22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-6.5/6.5.0-1015.16