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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2021.1050 USN-4889-1 and USN-4890-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities 25 March 2021 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: kernel Publisher: Ubuntu Operating System: Ubuntu Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2021-27365 CVE-2021-27364 CVE-2021-27363 CVE-2020-27171 CVE-2020-27170 Reference: ESB-2021.1002 ESB-2021.0981 ESB-2021.0837 Original Bulletin: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4889-1 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4890-1 Comment: This bulletin contains two (2) Ubuntu security advisories. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- USN-4889-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities 25 March 2021 Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Releases o Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Packages o linux - Linux kernel o linux-lts-xenial - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty Details Adam Nichols discovered that heap overflows existed in the iSCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2021-27365 ) Adam Nichols discovered that the iSCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to iSCSI transport handles. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information (kernel pointer addresses). ( CVE-2021-27363 ) Adam Nichols discovered that an out-of-bounds read existed in the iSCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose sensitive information (kernel memory). ( CVE-2021-27364 ) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 o linux-image-server - 3.13.0.185.194 o linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial - 4.4.0.206.179 o linux-image-generic-lpae - 3.13.0.185.194 o linux-image-lowlatency-pae - 3.13.0.185.194 o linux-image-generic - 3.13.0.185.194 o linux-image-3.13.0-185-generic - 3.13.0-185.236 o linux-image-generic-pae - 3.13.0.185.194 o linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial - 4.4.0.206.179 o linux-image-4.4.0-206-generic - 4.4.0-206.238~14.04.1 o linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial - 4.4.0.206.179 o linux-image-4.4.0-206-generic-lpae - 4.4.0-206.238~14.04.1 o linux-image-generic-lts-xenial - 4.4.0.206.179 o linux-image-3.13.0-185-generic-lpae - 3.13.0-185.236 o linux-image-3.13.0-185-lowlatency - 3.13.0-185.236 o linux-image-lowlatency - 3.13.0.185.194 o linux-image-virtual - 3.13.0.185.194 o linux-image-4.4.0-206-lowlatency - 4.4.0-206.238~14.04.1 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 o CVE-2021-27363 o CVE-2021-27364 o CVE-2021-27365 Related notices o USN-4883-1 : linux-image-oem, linux-image-azure-lts-18.04, linux-image-generic-lpae, linux-image-kvm, linux-snapdragon, linux-hwe, linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04, linux-aws, linux-image-4.4.0-1124-aws, linux-image-azure-edge, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-4.4.0-206-generic, linux-image-4.15.0-1110-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-image-aws-hwe, linux-image-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-oracle, linux-image-4.15.0-139-generic-lpae, linux-image-4.15.0-1067-oracle, linux-image-4.15.0-1095-gcp, linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04, linux-oracle, linux-image-4.4.0-1090-kvm, linux-aws-hwe, linux-image-4.15.0-139-lowlatency, linux-image-4.4.0-206-generic-lpae, linux-image-4.4.0-206-powerpc64-smp, linux, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-image-4.4.0-206-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-aws-lts-18.04, linux-image-lowlatency, linux-image-gcp, linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04, linux-image-aws, linux-gcp, linux-image-4.15.0-1081-raspi2, linux-image-snapdragon, linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04, linux-image-4.15.0-139-generic, linux-image-4.4.0-206-lowlatency, linux-image-generic, linux-image-azure, linux-image-powerpc-smp, linux-kvm, linux-image-4.15.0-1098-snapdragon, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04, linux-image-gke, linux-image-4.4.0-1088-aws, linux-image-raspi2, linux-raspi2, linux-image-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04, linux-image-4.4.0-1152-snapdragon, linux-azure, linux-image-4.15.0-1096-aws, linux-image-4.4.0-206-powerpc-smp, linux-image-4.15.0-1087-kvm, linux-image-virtual, linux-image-4.4.0-206-powerpc64-emb o USN-4887-1 : linux-image-generic-lpae, linux-image-5.4.0-70-lowlatency, linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18.04, linux-image-5.8.0-1019-raspi-nolpae, linux-image-generic-64k, linux-image-5.10.0-1019-oem, linux-image-oracle, linux-image-5.8.0-1019-raspi, linux-image-5.6.0-1052-oem, linux-image-5.8.0-48-generic, linux-image-gcp, linux-image-5.8.0-1027-aws, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-image-generic, linux-image-5.8.0-1026-azure, linux-image-5.8.0-48-generic-lpae, linux-image-5.3.0-1038-raspi2, linux-azure, linux-image-5.3.0-72-generic, linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04, linux-image-5.4.0-1040-gcp, linux-raspi2-5.3, linux-image-raspi, linux-image-kvm, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04, linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04, linux-aws, linux-image-5.4.0-70-generic-lpae, linux-gkeop, linux-image-5.4.0-1032-raspi, linux-oem-5.10, linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04, linux-image-5.4.0-1041-aws, linux-oracle, linux, linux-image-5.4.0-1041-oracle, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04, linux-image-gkeop-5.3, linux-image-gkeop-5.4, linux-image-gke, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-image-5.8.0-1024-oracle, linux-image-oem-20.04, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-image-gke-5.3, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gke-5.3, linux-image-5.8.0-48-generic-64k, linux-image-5.8.0-1026-gcp, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-image-5.8.0-48-lowlatency, linux-image-gkeop, linux-image-aws, linux-image-gke-5.4, linux-image-oem-20.04b, linux-image-azure, linux-kvm, linux-image-raspi2, linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04, linux-raspi, linux-image-5.4.0-1036-kvm, linux-oem-5.6, linux-image-5.4.0-70-generic, linux-image-oem-osp1, linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04, linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04, linux-image-virtual, linux-image-5.3.0-72-lowlatency, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-image-oem, linux-hwe, linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-image-raspi-nolpae, linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04, linux-image-5.4.0-1012-gkeop, linux-image-5.4.0-1039-gke, linux-image-lowlatency, linux-image-5.4.0-1043-azure, linux-aws-5.4, linux-gke-5.4, linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04, linux-image-5.3.0-1041-gke, linux-image-5.8.0-1022-kvm - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USN-4890-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities 25 March 2021 Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Releases o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Packages o linux - Linux kernel o linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems o linux-aws-hwe - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS-HWE) systems o linux-azure - Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems o linux-azure-4.15 - Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems o linux-dell300x - Linux kernel for Dell 300x platforms o linux-gcp - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems o linux-gcp-4.15 - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems o linux-hwe - Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel o linux-kvm - Linux kernel for cloud environments o linux-oracle - Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems o linux-snapdragon - Linux kernel for Qualcomm Snapdragon processors Details Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly compute a speculative execution limit on pointer arithmetic in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). ( CVE-2020-27171 ) Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly apply speculative execution limits on some pointer types. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). ( CVE-2020-27170 ) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 o linux-image-4.15.0-1015-dell300x - 4.15.0-1015.19 o linux-image-powerpc-e500mc - 4.15.0.140.127 o linux-image-4.15.0-140-generic - 4.15.0-140.144 o linux-image-4.15.0-1068-oracle - 4.15.0-1068.76 o linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04 - 4.15.0.1096.114 o linux-image-4.15.0-140-generic-lpae - 4.15.0-140.144 o linux-image-4.15.0-1099-snapdragon - 4.15.0-1099.108 o linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04 - 4.15.0.1068.78 o linux-image-virtual - 4.15.0.140.127 o linux-image-snapdragon - 4.15.0.1099.102 o linux-image-powerpc64-emb - 4.15.0.140.127 o linux-image-powerpc64-smp - 4.15.0.140.127 o linux-image-dell300x - 4.15.0.1015.17 o linux-image-aws-lts-18.04 - 4.15.0.1097.100 o linux-image-generic - 4.15.0.140.127 o linux-image-4.15.0-140-lowlatency - 4.15.0-140.144 o linux-image-4.15.0-1096-gcp - 4.15.0-1096.109 o linux-image-kvm - 4.15.0.1088.84 o linux-image-4.15.0-1097-aws - 4.15.0-1097.104 o linux-image-azure-lts-18.04 - 4.15.0.1111.84 o linux-image-powerpc-smp - 4.15.0.140.127 o linux-image-generic-lpae - 4.15.0.140.127 o linux-image-4.15.0-1088-kvm - 4.15.0-1088.90 o linux-image-4.15.0-1111-azure - 4.15.0-1111.123 o linux-image-lowlatency - 4.15.0.140.127 Ubuntu 16.04 o linux-image-gke - 4.15.0.1096.97 o linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04 - 4.15.0.140.135 o linux-image-oracle - 4.15.0.1068.56 o linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 - 4.15.0.140.135 o linux-image-4.15.0-140-generic - 4.15.0-140.144~16.04.1 o linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04 - 4.15.0.140.135 o linux-image-gcp - 4.15.0.1096.97 o linux-image-4.15.0-140-lowlatency - 4.15.0-140.144~16.04.1 o linux-image-azure - 4.15.0.1111.102 o linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 - 4.15.0.140.135 o linux-image-4.15.0-1068-oracle - 4.15.0-1068.76~16.04.1 o linux-image-4.15.0-1111-azure - 4.15.0-1111.123~16.04.1 o linux-image-4.15.0-1096-gcp - 4.15.0-1096.109~16.04.1 o linux-image-aws-hwe - 4.15.0.1097.90 o linux-image-oem - 4.15.0.140.135 o linux-image-4.15.0-140-generic-lpae - 4.15.0-140.144~16.04.1 o linux-image-4.15.0-1097-aws - 4.15.0-1097.104~16.04.1 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 o CVE-2020-27171 o CVE-2020-27170 Related notices o USN-4887-1 : linux-image-5.8.0-1026-gcp, linux-image-5.4.0-1012-gkeop, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-image-5.4.0-1040-gcp, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04, linux-raspi, linux-image-5.8.0-1019-raspi, linux-image-5.6.0-1052-oem, linux-image-5.8.0-48-generic-lpae, linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04, linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-hwe, linux-image-5.8.0-48-lowlatency, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-image-5.4.0-1036-kvm, linux-image-generic, linux-gkeop, linux-image-gke, linux-image-lowlatency, linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04, linux-image-5.4.0-70-generic, linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04, linux-oem-5.6, linux-image-5.4.0-70-lowlatency, linux-oem-5.10, linux-azure, linux-image-5.4.0-1043-azure, linux-image-gkeop-5.4, linux, linux-image-oem-osp1, linux-image-5.8.0-1019-raspi-nolpae, linux-image-oem-20.04b, linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04, linux-image-gke-5.4, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-image-raspi2, linux-aws-5.4, linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04, linux-image-5.4.0-1039-gke, linux-image-aws, linux-image-virtual, linux-image-raspi-nolpae, linux-image-5.3.0-1041-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-image-gkeop, linux-image-5.4.0-1041-oracle, linux-image-5.8.0-1022-kvm, linux-image-5.3.0-72-lowlatency, linux-image-oem-20.04, linux-image-5.4.0-70-generic-lpae, linux-oracle, linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04, linux-image-gkeop-5.3, linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04, linux-gcp, linux-image-5.8.0-48-generic, linux-image-5.8.0-48-generic-64k, linux-image-gke-5.3, linux-image-azure, linux-image-kvm, linux-image-5.4.0-1041-aws, linux-image-5.3.0-72-generic, linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18.04, linux-azure-5.4, linux-image-5.10.0-1019-oem, linux-image-5.4.0-1032-raspi, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04, linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04, linux-image-5.8.0-1026-azure, linux-image-gcp, linux-image-raspi, linux-image-5.3.0-1038-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3, linux-image-generic-lpae, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-image-oracle, linux-image-5.8.0-1027-aws, linux-gke-5.3, linux-image-generic-64k, linux-aws, linux-image-5.8.0-1024-oracle, linux-image-oem - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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