========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6536-1 December 06, 2023 linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-laptop, linux-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.5, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-starfive vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 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-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems - linux-laptop: Linux kernel for Lenovo X13s ARM laptops - linux-lowlatency: Linux low latency kernel - linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems - linux-raspi: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems - linux-starfive: Linux kernel for StarFive processors - linux-oem-6.5: Linux kernel for OEM systems Details: Lucas Leong discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate some attributes passed from userspace. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-39189) Kyle Zeng discovered that the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle socket buffers (skb) when performing IP routing in certain circumstances, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-42754) Yikebaer Aizezi discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability when handling inode extent metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 file system image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-45898) Jason Wang discovered that the virtio ring implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle iov buffers in some situations. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (host system crash). (CVE-2023-5158) Alon Zahavi discovered that the NVMe-oF/TCP subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle queue initialization failures in certain situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5178) Budimir Markovic discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle event groups, leading to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-5717) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10: linux-image-6.5.0-1005-starfive 6.5.0-1005.6 linux-image-6.5.0-1007-laptop 6.5.0-1007.10 linux-image-6.5.0-1008-raspi 6.5.0-1008.11 linux-image-6.5.0-1009-azure 6.5.0-1009.9 linux-image-6.5.0-1009-azure-fde 6.5.0-1009.9 linux-image-6.5.0-1011-aws 6.5.0-1011.11 linux-image-6.5.0-1013-oracle 6.5.0-1013.13 linux-image-6.5.0-14-generic 6.5.0-14.14 linux-image-6.5.0-14-generic-64k 6.5.0-14.14 linux-image-6.5.0-14-lowlatency 6.5.0-14.14.1 linux-image-6.5.0-14-lowlatency-64k 6.5.0-14.14.1 linux-image-aws 6.5.0.1011.11 linux-image-azure 6.5.0.1009.11 linux-image-azure-fde 6.5.0.1009.11 linux-image-generic 6.5.0.14.16 linux-image-generic-64k 6.5.0.14.16 linux-image-generic-lpae 6.5.0.14.16 linux-image-kvm 6.5.0.14.16 linux-image-laptop-23.10 6.5.0.1007.10 linux-image-lowlatency 6.5.0.14.14.12 linux-image-lowlatency-64k 6.5.0.14.14.12 linux-image-oracle 6.5.0.1013.13 linux-image-raspi 6.5.0.1008.9 linux-image-raspi-nolpae 6.5.0.1008.9 linux-image-starfive 6.5.0.1005.7 linux-image-virtual 6.5.0.14.16 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: linux-image-6.5.0-1009-oem 6.5.0-1009.10 linux-image-oem-22.04d 6.5.0.1009.11 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-6536-1 CVE-2023-39189, CVE-2023-42754, CVE-2023-45898, CVE-2023-5158, CVE-2023-5178, CVE-2023-5717 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/6.5.0-14.14 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/6.5.0-1011.11 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/6.5.0-1009.9 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-laptop/6.5.0-1007.10 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/6.5.0-14.14.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/6.5.0-1013.13 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi/6.5.0-1008.11 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-starfive/6.5.0-1005.6 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-6.5/6.5.0-1009.10