Mitigating Security Threats in Ubuntu 24.04: Insights from Linux Advisory 6875-1
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure 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 flaws in the following subsystems: - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver; - Netfilter; (CVE-2024-35901, CVE-2024-26924)
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-image-6.8.0-1009-azure 6.8.0-1009.9 linux-image-6.8.0-1009-azure-fde 6.8.0-1009.9 linux-image-azure 6.8.0-1009.9 linux-image-azure-fde 6.8.0-1009.9 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-6875-1
CVE-2024-21823, CVE-2024-26924, CVE-2024-35901
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/6.8.0-1009.9