USN-4390-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

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-4.15 – Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems
linux-gke-4.15 – Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
linux-kvm – Linux kernel for cloud environments
linux-oem – Linux kernel for OEM systems
linux-oracle – Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
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 the F2FS file system implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly perform bounds checking on xattrs in some
situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive
information (kernel memory). (CVE-2020-0067)

It was discovered that memory contents previously stored in
microarchitectural special registers after RDRAND, RDSEED, and SGX EGETKEY
read operations on Intel client and Xeon E3 processors may be briefly
exposed to processes on the same or different processor cores. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-0543)

Piotr Krysiuk discovered that race conditions existed in the file system
implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-12114)

It was discovered that the USB susbsystem’s scatter-gather implementation
in the Linux kernel did not properly take data references in some
situations, leading to a use-after-free. A physically proximate attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-12464)

Xiumei Mu discovered that the IPSec implementation in the Linux kernel did
not properly encrypt IPv6 traffic in some situations. An attacker could use
this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-1749)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the SELinux netlink security hook in the
Linux kernel did not validate messages in some situations. A privileged
attacker could use this to bypass SELinux netlink restrictions.
(CVE-2020-10751)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: linux-image-4.15.0-1045-oracle – 4.15.0-1045.49; linux-image-4.15.0-106-generic – 4.15.0-106.107; linux-image-4.15.0-106-generic-lpae – 4.15.0-106.107; linux-image-4.15.0-106-lowlatency – 4.15.0-106.107; linux-image-4.15.0-1063-gke – 4.15.0-1063.66; linux-image-4.15.0-1067-kvm – 4.15.0-1067.68; linux-image-4.15.0-1073-aws – 4.15.0-1073.77; linux-image-4.15.0-1087-oem – 4.15.0-1087.97; linux-image-4.15.0-1089-azure – 4.15.0-1089.99; linux-image-aws-lts-18.04 – 4.15.0.1073.76; linux-image-azure-lts-18.04 – 4.15.0.1089.60; linux-image-generic – 4.15.0.106.94; linux-image-generic-lpae – 4.15.0.106.94; linux-image-gke – 4.15.0.1063.65; linux-image-gke-4.15 – 4.15.0.1063.65; linux-image-kvm – 4.15.0.1067.63; linux-image-lowlatency – 4.15.0.106.94; linux-image-oem – 4.15.0.1087.91; linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04 – 4.15.0.1045.54; linux-image-powerpc-e500mc – 4.15.0.106.94; linux-image-powerpc-smp – 4.15.0.106.94; linux-image-powerpc64-emb – 4.15.0.106.94; linux-image-powerpc64-smp – 4.15.0.106.94; linux-image-virtual – 4.15.0.106.94
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: linux-image-4.15.0-1045-oracle – 4.15.0-1045.49~16.04.1; linux-image-4.15.0-106-generic – 4.15.0-106.107~16.04.1; linux-image-4.15.0-106-generic-lpae – 4.15.0-106.107~16.04.1; linux-image-4.15.0-106-lowlatency – 4.15.0-106.107~16.04.1; linux-image-4.15.0-1073-aws – 4.15.0-1073.77~16.04.1; linux-image-4.15.0-1077-gcp – 4.15.0-1077.87~16.04.1; linux-image-4.15.0-1089-azure – 4.15.0-1089.99~16.04.1; linux-image-aws-hwe – 4.15.0.1073.73; linux-image-azure – 4.15.0.1089.84; linux-image-azure-edge – 4.15.0.1089.84; linux-image-gcp – 4.15.0.1077.79; linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 – 4.15.0.106.111; linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04 – 4.15.0.106.111; linux-image-gke – 4.15.0.1077.79; linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04 – 4.15.0.106.111; linux-image-oem – 4.15.0.106.111; linux-image-oracle – 4.15.0.1045.38; linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 – 4.15.0.106.111
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: linux-image-4.15.0-1089-azure – 4.15.0-1089.99~14.04.1; linux-image-azure – 4.15.0.1089.66

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

Please note that the mitigation for CVE-2020-0543 requires a processor
microcode update to be applied, either from your system manufacturer
or via the intel-microcode package. The kernel update for this
issue provides the ability to disable the mitigation and to report
vulnerability status.

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

Source: USN-4390-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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