USN-3378-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3378-1
3rd August, 2017
linux, linux-aws, linux-gke, 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-gke
– Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems - linux-raspi2
– Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 - linux-snapdragon
– Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors
Details
Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition between inotify events
and vfs rename operations in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7533)
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict
RLIMIT_STACK size. A local attacker could use this in conjunction with
another vulnerability to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-1000365)
李强 discovered that the Virtio GPU driver in the Linux kernel did not
properly free memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (memory consumption). (CVE-2017-10810)
石磊 discovered that the RxRPC Kerberos 5 ticket handling code in the
Linux kernel did not properly verify metadata. A remote attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7482)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
- linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.4.0.89.95
-
linux-image-4.4.0-89-powerpc-smp
4.4.0-89.112
-
linux-image-4.4.0-89-lowlatency
4.4.0-89.112
-
linux-image-4.4.0-89-generic
4.4.0-89.112
-
linux-image-4.4.0-89-powerpc64-smp
4.4.0-89.112
-
linux-image-4.4.0-1028-aws
4.4.0-1028.37
-
linux-image-4.4.0-89-generic-lpae
4.4.0-89.112
- linux-image-snapdragon 4.4.0.1069.62
-
linux-image-4.4.0-1067-raspi2
4.4.0-1067.75
- linux-image-powerpc64-emb 4.4.0.89.95
- linux-image-gke 4.4.0.1024.26
-
linux-image-4.4.0-89-powerpc64-emb
4.4.0-89.112
- linux-image-generic 4.4.0.89.95
-
linux-image-4.4.0-1024-gke
4.4.0-1024.24
- linux-image-aws 4.4.0.1028.31
-
linux-image-4.4.0-1069-snapdragon
4.4.0-1069.74
-
linux-image-4.4.0-89-powerpc-e500mc
4.4.0-89.112
- linux-image-raspi2 4.4.0.1067.68
- linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.4.0.89.95
- linux-image-generic-lpae 4.4.0.89.95
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp 4.4.0.89.95
- linux-image-lowlatency 4.4.0.89.95
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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.