USN-4157-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
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-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-kvm – Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2
- linux-snapdragon – Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors
Details
Wen Huang discovered that the Marvell Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux
kernel did not properly perform bounds checking, leading to a heap
overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14814,
CVE-2019-14815, CVE-2019-14816)
Matt Delco discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly perform bounds checking when handling coalesced
MMIO write operations. A local attacker with write access to /dev/kvm could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-14821)
Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the 91x Wi-Fi driver in the
Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions on initialization,
leading to a double-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2019-15504)
It was discovered that the Technisat DVB-S/S2 USB device driver in the
Linux kernel contained a buffer overread. A physically proximate attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-15505)
Brad Spengler discovered that a Spectre mitigation was improperly
implemented in the ptrace susbsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker
could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-15902)
It was discovered that the IPv6 RDS implementation in the Linux kernel did
not properly initialize fields in a data structure returned to user space.
A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel
memory). Please note that the RDS protocol is blacklisted in Ubuntu by
default. (CVE-2019-16714)
It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the Binder
implementation of the Linux kernel, leading to a buffer overflow. A local
attacker could use this to escalate privileges. (CVE-2019-2181)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- linux-image-5.0.0-1019-aws – 5.0.0-1019.21
- linux-image-5.0.0-1020-kvm – 5.0.0-1020.21
- linux-image-5.0.0-1020-raspi2 – 5.0.0-1020.20
- linux-image-5.0.0-1021-gcp – 5.0.0-1021.21
- linux-image-5.0.0-1023-azure – 5.0.0-1023.24
- linux-image-5.0.0-1024-snapdragon – 5.0.0-1024.25
- linux-image-5.0.0-32-generic – 5.0.0-32.34
- linux-image-5.0.0-32-generic-lpae – 5.0.0-32.34
- linux-image-5.0.0-32-lowlatency – 5.0.0-32.34
- linux-image-aws – 5.0.0.1019.20
- linux-image-azure – 5.0.0.1023.22
- linux-image-gcp – 5.0.0.1021.47
- linux-image-generic – 5.0.0.32.33
- linux-image-generic-lpae – 5.0.0.32.33
- linux-image-gke – 5.0.0.1021.47
- linux-image-kvm – 5.0.0.1020.20
- linux-image-lowlatency – 5.0.0.32.33
- linux-image-raspi2 – 5.0.0.1020.17
- linux-image-snapdragon – 5.0.0.1024.17
- linux-image-virtual – 5.0.0.32.33
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.