Critical Kernel Vulnerabilities Addressed in Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-6925-1
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux: Linux kernel Details: 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: - IPv4 networking; (CVE-2024-26882)
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS linux-image-3.13.0-198-generic 3.13.0-198.249 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-3.13.0-198-lowlatency 3.13.0-198.249 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic 3.13.0.198.208 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic-lts-quantal 3.13.0.198.208 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic-lts-raring 3.13.0.198.208 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic-lts-saucy 3.13.0.198.208 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-generic-lts-trusty 3.13.0.198.208 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-lowlatency 3.13.0.198.208 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-server 3.13.0.198.208 Available with Ubuntu Pro linux-image-virtual 3.13.0.198.208 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-6925-1
CVE-2024-26882
Package Information