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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6972-2
August 22, 2024
linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Software Description:
- linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-aws-hwe: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS-HWE) systems
Details:
Yuxuan Hu discovered that the Bluetooth RFCOMM protocol driver in the Linux
Kernel contained a race condition, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash). (CVE-2024-22099)
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem
in the Linux kernel, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A
privileged local attacker could use this to possibly cause a denial of
service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24860)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
   - SuperH RISC architecture;
   - User-Mode Linux (UML);
   - GPU drivers;
   - MMC subsystem;
   - Network drivers;
   - PHY drivers;
   - Pin controllers subsystem;
   - Xen hypervisor drivers;
   - GFS2 file system;
   - Core kernel;
   - Bluetooth subsystem;
   - IPv4 networking;
   - IPv6 networking;
   - HD-audio driver;
   - ALSA SH drivers;
(CVE-2024-26903, CVE-2024-35835, CVE-2023-52644, CVE-2024-39292,
CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-26600, CVE-2023-52629, CVE-2024-35955,
CVE-2023-52760, CVE-2023-52806, CVE-2024-39484, CVE-2024-26679,
CVE-2024-26654, CVE-2024-36901, CVE-2024-26687, CVE-2023-52470)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   linux-image-4.15.0-1172-aws     4.15.0-1172.185
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws-lts-18.04       4.15.0.1172.170
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   linux-image-4.15.0-1172-aws     4.15.0-1172.185~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   linux-image-aws-hwe             4.15.0.1172.185~16.04.1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
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-6972-2
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6972-1
   CVE-2023-52470, CVE-2023-52629, CVE-2023-52644, CVE-2023-52760,
   CVE-2023-52806, CVE-2024-22099, CVE-2024-24860, CVE-2024-26600,
   CVE-2024-26654, CVE-2024-26679, CVE-2024-26687, CVE-2024-26903,
   CVE-2024-35835, CVE-2024-35955, CVE-2024-36901, CVE-2024-36940,
   CVE-2024-39292, CVE-2024-39484