USN-4579-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 October 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.


Packages

Details

Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux
kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to a use-after-free
vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-16119)

Wen Xu discovered that the XFS file system in the Linux kernel did not
properly validate inode metadata in some situations. An attacker could use
this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when mounted, could cause a
denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-10322)

Jay Shin discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle directory access with broken indexing,
leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (

Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux
kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to a use-after-free
vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-16119)

Wen Xu discovered that the XFS file system in the Linux kernel did not
properly validate inode metadata in some situations. An attacker could use
this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when mounted, could cause a
denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-10322)

Jay Shin discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle directory access with broken indexing,
leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-14314)

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the hugetlb sysctl
implementation in the Linux kernel. A privileged attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-25285)


Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial linux-image-4.4.0-1082-kvm –  4.4.0-1082.91
linux-image-4.4.0-1117-aws –  4.4.0-1117.131
linux-image-4.4.0-1141-raspi2 –  4.4.0-1141.151
linux-image-4.4.0-1145-snapdragon –  4.4.0-1145.155
linux-image-4.4.0-193-generic –  4.4.0-193.224
linux-image-4.4.0-193-generic-lpae –  4.4.0-193.224
linux-image-4.4.0-193-lowlatency –  4.4.0-193.224
linux-image-4.4.0-193-powerpc-e500mc –  4.4.0-193.224
linux-image-4.4.0-193-powerpc-smp –  4.4.0-193.224
linux-image-4.4.0-193-powerpc64-emb –  4.4.0-193.224
linux-image-4.4.0-193-powerpc64-smp –  4.4.0-193.224
linux-image-aws –  4.4.0.1117.122
linux-image-generic –  4.4.0.193.199
linux-image-generic-lpae –  4.4.0.193.199
linux-image-kvm –  4.4.0.1082.80
linux-image-lowlatency –  4.4.0.193.199
linux-image-powerpc-e500mc –  4.4.0.193.199
linux-image-powerpc-smp –  4.4.0.193.199
linux-image-powerpc64-emb –  4.4.0.193.199
linux-image-powerpc64-smp –  4.4.0.193.199
linux-image-raspi2 –  4.4.0.1141.141
linux-image-snapdragon –  4.4.0.1145.137
linux-image-virtual –  4.4.0.193.199
14.04 trusty linux-image-4.4.0-1081-aws –  4.4.0-1081.85
linux-image-4.4.0-193-generic –  4.4.0-193.224~14.04.1
linux-image-4.4.0-193-generic-lpae –  4.4.0-193.224~14.04.1
linux-image-4.4.0-193-lowlatency –  4.4.0-193.224~14.04.1
linux-image-aws –  4.4.0.1081.78
linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial –  4.4.0.193.169
linux-image-generic-lts-xenial –  4.4.0.193.169
linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial –  4.4.0.193.169
linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial –  4.4.0.193.169

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