SECURITY

USN-4286-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux-aws – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems linux-lts-xenial – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty Details USN-4286-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-14615) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Softmac USB Prism54 device driver in the Linux kernel. A [ more… ]

USN-4284-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities linux, linux-aws, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 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-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems linux-kvm – Linux kernel for cloud environments linux-oracle – Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 linux-azure-5.3 – Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems linux-gcp-5.3 – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems linux-hwe – Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel linux-raspi2-5.3 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 Details It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context [ more… ]

USN-4286-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 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-kvm – Linux kernel for cloud environments linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 linux-snapdragon – Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors Details It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-14615) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Softmac USB Prism54 device driver in the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15220) [ more… ]

USN-4287-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 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-gke-4.15 – Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems linux-kvm – Linux kernel for cloud environments linux-oracle – Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 linux-snapdragon – Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors linux-aws-hwe – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS-HWE) systems linux-azure – Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems linux-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems linux-hwe – Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel Details It was discovered that [ more… ]

USN-4285-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities linux-aws-5.0, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-5.0, linux-oracle-5.0 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux-aws-5.0 – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems linux-azure – Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems linux-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems linux-gke-5.0 – Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems linux-oracle-5.0 – Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems Details It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly clear data structures on context switches for certain Intel graphics processors. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-14615) It was discovered that the HSA Linux kernel driver for AMD GPU devices did not properly check for errors in certain situations, leading to [ more… ]