USN-4367-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-riscv vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04 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-riscv – Linux kernel for RISC-V systems
Details
It was discovered that the btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not
properly detect that a block was marked dirty in some situations. An
attacker could use this to specially craft a file system image that, when
unmounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-19377)
It was discovered that the linux kernel did not properly validate certain
mount options to the tmpfs virtual memory file system. A local attacker
with the ability to specify mount options could use this to cause a denial
of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-11565)
It was discovered that the block layer in the Linux kernel contained a race
condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could
possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12657)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-image-5.4.0-1011-aws – 5.4.0-1011.11
- linux-image-5.4.0-1011-gcp – 5.4.0-1011.11
- linux-image-5.4.0-1011-kvm – 5.4.0-1011.11
- linux-image-5.4.0-1011-oracle – 5.4.0-1011.11
- linux-image-5.4.0-26-generic – 5.4.0-26.30
- linux-image-5.4.0-31-generic – 5.4.0-31.35
- linux-image-5.4.0-31-generic-lpae – 5.4.0-31.35
- linux-image-5.4.0-31-lowlatency – 5.4.0-31.35
- linux-image-aws – 5.4.0.1011.14
- linux-image-gcp – 5.4.0.1011.12
- linux-image-generic – 5.4.0.26.33
- linux-image-generic-lpae – 5.4.0.31.36
- linux-image-gke – 5.4.0.1011.12
- linux-image-kvm – 5.4.0.1011.12
- linux-image-lowlatency – 5.4.0.31.36
- linux-image-oem – 5.4.0.31.36
- linux-image-oem-osp1 – 5.4.0.31.36
- linux-image-oracle – 5.4.0.1011.12
- linux-image-virtual – 5.4.0.26.33
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.