========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5545-1 August 02, 2022 linux-oem-5.14, linux-oem-5.17 vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: The system could be made to run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - linux-oem-5.17: Linux kernel for OEM systems - linux-oem-5.14: Linux kernel for OEM systems Details: Arthur Mongodin discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform data validation. A local attacker could use this to escalate privileges in certain situations. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: linux-image-5.17.0-1014-oem 5.17.0-1014.15 linux-image-oem-22.04 5.17.0.1014.13 linux-image-oem-22.04a 5.17.0.1014.13 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: linux-image-5.14.0-1046-oem 5.14.0-1046.53 linux-image-oem-20.04 5.14.0.1046.42 linux-image-oem-20.04b 5.14.0.1046.42 linux-image-oem-20.04c 5.14.0.1046.42 linux-image-oem-20.04d 5.14.0.1046.42 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5545-1 CVE-2022-34918 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-5.17/5.17.0-1014.15 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-5.14/5.14.0-1046.53