Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4413-1
July 02, 2020
linux-gke-5.0, linux-oem-osp1 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Software Description:
- linux-gke-5.0: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE)
systems
- linux-oem-osp1: Linux kernel for OEM systems
Details:
Matthew Sheets discovered that the SELinux network label
handling
implementation in the Linux kernel could be coerced into
de-referencing a
NULL pointer. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service
(system crash). (CVE-2020-10711)
It was discovered that the SCSI generic (sg) driver in the Linux
kernel did
not properly handle certain error conditions correctly. A local
privileged
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash).
(CVE-2020-12770)
It was discovered that the USB Gadget device driver in the Linux
kernel did
not validate arguments passed from configfs in some situations. A
local
attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service
(system
crash) or possibly expose sensitive information.
(CVE-2020-13143)
Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the SELinux netlink security hook
in the
Linux kernel did not validate messages in some situations. A
privileged
attacker could use this to bypass SELinux netlink restrictions.
(CVE-2020-10751)
It was discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux
kernel did not
properly deallocate memory on initialization for some processors. A
local
attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-12768)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
linux-image-5.0.0-1043-gke 5.0.0-1043.44
linux-image-5.0.0-1063-oem-osp1 5.0.0-1063.68
linux-image-gke-5.0 5.0.0.1043.28
linux-image-oem-osp1 5.0.0.1063.61
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://usn.ubuntu.com/4413-1
CVE-2020-10711, CVE-2020-10751, CVE-2020-12768, CVE-2020-12770,
CVE-2020-13143
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke-5.0/5.0.0-1043.44
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-osp1/5.0.0-1063.68
Read more https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158298/USN-4413-1.txt

