Fixing Critical Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6873-1
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-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems - linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems - linux-starfive: Linux kernel for StarFive processors - linux-aws-6.5: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems - linux-oem-6.5: Linux kernel for OEM systems - linux-oracle-6.5: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems Details: It was discovered that the Intel Data Streaming and Intel Analytics Accelerator drivers in the Linux kernel allowed direct access to the devices for unprivileged users and virtual machines. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21823) Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects fl...
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The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10 linux-image-6.5.0-1016-starfive 6.5.0-1016.17 linux-image-6.5.0-1022-aws 6.5.0-1022.22 linux-image-6.5.0-1025-oracle 6.5.0-1025.25 linux-image-6.5.0-1025-oracle-64k 6.5.0-1025.25 linux-image-aws 6.5.0.1022.22 linux-image-oracle 6.5.0.1025.27 linux-image-oracle-64k 6.5.0.1025.27 linux-image-starfive 6.5.0.1016.18 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-image-6.5.0-1022-aws 6.5.0-1022.22~22.04.1 linux-image-6.5.0-1025-oem 6.5.0-1025.26 linux-image-6.5.0-1025-oracle 6.5.0-1025.25~22.04.1 linux-image-6.5.0-1025-oracle-64k 6.5.0-1025.25~22.04.1 linux-image-aws 6.5.0.1022.22~22.04.1 linux-image-oem-22.04 6.5.0.1025.27 linux-image-oem-22.04a 6.5.0.1025.27 linux-image-oem-22.04b 6.5.0.1025.27 linux-image-oem-22.04c 6.5.0.1025.27 linux-image-oem-22.04d 6.5.0.1025.27 linux-image-oracle 6.5.0.1025.25~22.04.1 linux-image-oracle-64k 6.5.0.1025.25~22.04.1 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-6873-1
CVE-2024-21823, CVE-2024-26643, CVE-2024-26809, CVE-2024-26924,
CVE-2024-26925
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/6.5.0-1022.22 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/6.5.0-1025.25 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-starfive/6.5.0-1016.17 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws-6.5/6.5.0-1022.22~22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-6.5/6.5.0-1025.26 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle-6.5/6.5.0-1025.25~22.04.1