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USN-4157-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 October 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Releases

Packages

  • 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
  • linux-snapdragon - Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors

Details

Wen Huang discovered that the Marvell Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux
kernel did not properly perform bounds checking, leading to a heap
overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14814,
CVE-2019-14815, CVE-2019-14816)

Matt Delco discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly perform bounds checking when handling coalesced
MMIO write operations. A local attacker with write access to /dev/kvm could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-14821)

Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the 91x Wi-Fi driver in the
Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions on initialization,
leading to a double-free vulnerability. A...

Wen Huang discovered that the Marvell Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux
kernel did not properly perform bounds checking, leading to a heap
overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14814,
CVE-2019-14815, CVE-2019-14816)

Matt Delco discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly perform bounds checking when handling coalesced
MMIO write operations. A local attacker with write access to /dev/kvm could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-14821)

Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the 91x Wi-Fi driver in the
Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions on initialization,
leading to a double-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2019-15504)

It was discovered that the Technisat DVB-S/S2 USB device driver in the
Linux kernel contained a buffer overread. A physically proximate attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-15505)

Brad Spengler discovered that a Spectre mitigation was improperly
implemented in the ptrace susbsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker
could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-15902)

It was discovered that the IPv6 RDS implementation in the Linux kernel did
not properly initialize fields in a data structure returned to user space.
A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel
memory). Please note that the RDS protocol is disabled via blocklist in
Ubuntu by default. (CVE-2019-16714)

It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the Binder
implementation of the Linux kernel, leading to a buffer overflow. A local
attacker could use this to escalate privileges. (CVE-2019-2181)

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
19.04 disco linux-image-5.0.0-1019-aws –  5.0.0-1019.21
linux-image-5.0.0-1020-kvm –  5.0.0-1020.21
linux-image-5.0.0-1020-raspi2 –  5.0.0-1020.20
linux-image-5.0.0-1021-gcp –  5.0.0-1021.21
linux-image-5.0.0-1023-azure –  5.0.0-1023.24
linux-image-5.0.0-1024-snapdragon –  5.0.0-1024.25
linux-image-5.0.0-32-generic –  5.0.0-32.34
linux-image-5.0.0-32-generic-lpae –  5.0.0-32.34
linux-image-5.0.0-32-lowlatency –  5.0.0-32.34
linux-image-aws –  5.0.0.1019.20
linux-image-azure –  5.0.0.1023.22
linux-image-gcp –  5.0.0.1021.47
linux-image-generic –  5.0.0.32.33
linux-image-generic-lpae –  5.0.0.32.33
linux-image-gke –  5.0.0.1021.47
linux-image-kvm –  5.0.0.1020.20
linux-image-lowlatency –  5.0.0.32.33
linux-image-raspi2 –  5.0.0.1020.17
linux-image-snapdragon –  5.0.0.1024.17
linux-image-virtual –  5.0.0.32.33

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