Ubuntu Security Notice 6868-1 - Sander Wiebing, Alvise de Faveri Tron, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida discovered that the Linux kernel mitigations for the initial Branch History Injection vulnerability were insufficient for Intel processors. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive information. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6868-1
July 03, 2024
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-bluefield,
linux-gcp, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4,
linux-iot, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi,
linux-raspi-5.4, linux-xilinx-zynqmp 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-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems
- linux-bluefield: Linux kernel for NVIDIA BlueField platforms
- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-gkeop: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-iot: Linux kernel for IoT platforms
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
- linux-xilinx-zynqmp: Linux kernel for Xilinx ZynqMP processors
- linux-azure-5.4: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure cloud systems
- linux-hwe-5.4: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-ibm-5.4: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-oracle-5.4: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-raspi-5.4: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
Details:
Sander Wiebing, Alvise de Faveri Tron, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano Giuffrida
discovered that the Linux kernel mitigations for the initial Branch History
Injection vulnerability (CVE-2022-0001) were insufficient for Intel
processors. A local attacker could potentially use this to expose sensitive
information. (CVE-2024-2201)
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:
- Netfilter;
(CVE-2024-26925, CVE-2024-26643)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
linux-image-5.4.0-1039-iot 5.4.0-1039.40
linux-image-5.4.0-1046-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1046.50
linux-image-5.4.0-1074-ibm 5.4.0-1074.79
linux-image-5.4.0-1087-bluefield 5.4.0-1087.94
linux-image-5.4.0-1094-gkeop 5.4.0-1094.98
linux-image-5.4.0-1111-raspi 5.4.0-1111.123
linux-image-5.4.0-1115-kvm 5.4.0-1115.122
linux-image-5.4.0-1126-oracle 5.4.0-1126.135
linux-image-5.4.0-1127-aws 5.4.0-1127.137
linux-image-5.4.0-1131-gcp 5.4.0-1131.140
linux-image-5.4.0-1132-azure 5.4.0-1132.139
linux-image-5.4.0-187-generic 5.4.0-187.207
linux-image-5.4.0-187-generic-lpae 5.4.0-187.207
linux-image-5.4.0-187-lowlatency 5.4.0-187.207
linux-image-aws-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1127.124
linux-image-azure-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1132.126
linux-image-bluefield 5.4.0.1087.83
linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1131.133
linux-image-generic 5.4.0.187.185
linux-image-generic-lpae 5.4.0.187.185
linux-image-gkeop 5.4.0.1094.92
linux-image-gkeop-5.4 5.4.0.1094.92
linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1074.103
linux-image-kvm 5.4.0.1115.111
linux-image-lowlatency 5.4.0.187.185
linux-image-oem 5.4.0.187.185
linux-image-oem-osp1 5.4.0.187.185
linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1126.119
linux-image-raspi 5.4.0.1111.141
linux-image-raspi2 5.4.0.1111.141
linux-image-virtual 5.4.0.187.185
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0.1046.46
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
linux-image-5.4.0-1074-ibm 5.4.0-1074.79~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-5.4.0-1111-raspi 5.4.0-1111.123~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-5.4.0-1126-oracle 5.4.0-1126.135~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-5.4.0-1132-azure 5.4.0-1132.139~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-5.4.0-187-generic 5.4.0-187.207~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-5.4.0-187-lowlatency 5.4.0-187.207~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-azure 5.4.0.1132.139~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.187.207~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-ibm 5.4.0.1074.79~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.187.207~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-oem 5.4.0.187.207~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-oem-osp1 5.4.0.187.207~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-oracle 5.4.0.1126.135~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.1111.123~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.187.207~18.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.187.207~18.04.1
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-6868-1
CVE-2024-2201, CVE-2024-26643, CVE-2024-26925
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.4.0-187.207
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.4.0-1127.137
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.4.0-1132.139
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-bluefield/5.4.0-1087.94
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.4.0-1131.140
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop/5.4.0-1094.98
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/5.4.0-1074.79
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-iot/5.4.0-1039.40
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.4.0-1115.122
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.4.0-1126.135
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/5.4.0-1111.123
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-xilinx-zynqmp/5.4.0-1046.50