========================================================================= Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4161-1 October 21, 2019 linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2 vulnerability ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 19.10 Summary: The system could be made to crash under certain conditions. 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 Details: It was discovered that the IPv6 routing implementation in the Linux kernel contained a reference counting error 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. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10: linux-image-5.3.0-1004-aws 5.3.0-1004.4 linux-image-5.3.0-1004-azure 5.3.0-1004.4 linux-image-5.3.0-1004-kvm 5.3.0-1004.4 linux-image-5.3.0-1005-gcp 5.3.0-1005.5 linux-image-5.3.0-1008-raspi2 5.3.0-1008.9 linux-image-5.3.0-19-generic 5.3.0-19.20 linux-image-5.3.0-19-generic-lpae 5.3.0-19.20 linux-image-5.3.0-19-lowlatency 5.3.0-19.20 linux-image-5.3.0-19-snapdragon 5.3.0-19.20 linux-image-aws 5.3.0.1004.5 linux-image-azure 5.3.0.1004.21 linux-image-gcp 5.3.0.1005.5 linux-image-generic 5.3.0.19.22 linux-image-generic-lpae 5.3.0.19.22 linux-image-gke 5.3.0.1005.5 linux-image-kvm 5.3.0.1004.4 linux-image-lowlatency 5.3.0.19.22 linux-image-raspi2 5.3.0.1008.4 linux-image-snapdragon 5.3.0.19.22 linux-image-virtual 5.3.0.19.22 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: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4161-1 CVE-2019-18198 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.3.0-19.20 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.3.0-1004.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.3.0-1004.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.3.0-1005.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.3.0-1004.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2/5.3.0-1008.9