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USN-4117-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

2 September 2019

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

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Releases

Packages

  • linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems

Details

It was discovered that a heap buffer overflow existed in the Marvell
Wireless LAN device driver for the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2019-10126)

Amit Klein and Benny Pinkas discovered that the Linux kernel did not
sufficiently randomize IP ID values generated for connectionless networking
protocols. A remote attacker could use this to track particular Linux
devices. (CVE-2019-10638)

It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in
the Near-field communication (NFC) implementation in the Linux kernel. A
local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2019-12984)

Jann Horn discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel
when accessing LDT entries in some situations. A local attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13233)

Jann Horn discovered that the ptrace implementation in the Linux kernel did
not properly record credentials in some situations. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain
administrative privileges. (CVE-2019-13272)

It was discovered that the floppy driver in the Linux kernel did not
properly validate meta data, leading to a buffer overread. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2019-14283)

It was discovered that the floppy driver in the Linux kernel did not
properly validate ioctl() calls, leading to a division-by-zero. A local
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2019-14284)

It was discovered that the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver in the Linux
kernel did not properly validate the BSS descriptor. A local attacker could
possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3846)

Jason Wang discovered that an infinite loop vulnerability existed in the
virtio net driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker in a guest VM could
possibly use this to cause a denial of service in the host system.
(CVE-2019-3900)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

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.

Related notices

  • USN-4118-1: linux-image-4.15.0-1047-aws, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-image-aws, linux-image-aws-hwe
  • USN-4095-1: linux-image-virtual-lts-utopic, linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-utopic, linux-image-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-virtual-lts-wily, linux-image-virtual-lts-vivid, linux-snapdragon, linux-aws, linux-image-generic-lts-vivid, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial, linux-image-generic-lts-xenial, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-wily, linux-image-snapdragon, linux-image-generic-lpae, linux-image-kvm, linux-image-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-wily, linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-wily, linux-image-4.4.0-1122-snapdragon, linux-image-powerpc-smp, linux-image-lowlatency-lts-utopic, linux-image-generic-lts-wily, linux-image-lowlatency-lts-vivid, linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-utopic, linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-vivid, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-utopic, linux, linux-image-generic, linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial, linux-image-4.4.0-1054-kvm, linux-image-lowlatency, linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial, linux-image-4.4.0-159-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial, linux-image-4.4.0-1118-raspi2, linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-utopic, linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-utopic, linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-vivid, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-4.4.0-159-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-4.4.0-159-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-aws, linux-image-4.4.0-159-generic-lpae, linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-vivid, linux-image-4.4.0-159-powerpc-smp, linux-image-4.4.0-159-lowlatency, linux-image-4.4.0-159-generic, linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-wily, linux-image-virtual, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-vivid, linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-vivid, linux-image-4.4.0-1090-aws, linux-image-generic-lts-utopic, linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-image-lowlatency-lts-wily, linux-image-raspi2, linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial, linux-kvm, linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-wily, linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • USN-4094-1: linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04, linux-snapdragon, linux-image-gcp, linux-azure, linux-image-snapdragon, linux-image-generic-lpae, linux-image-kvm, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04, linux-oem, linux-image-4.15.0-1040-gcp, linux-image-oracle, linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge, linux-image-gke-4.15, linux-image-oem, linux, linux-image-generic, linux-image-lowlatency, linux-image-4.15.0-1050-oem, linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04, linux-image-4.15.0-1060-snapdragon, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04-edge, linux-image-4.15.0-1043-raspi2, linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge, linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04-edge, linux-image-4.15.0-1042-kvm, linux-image-4.15.0-1021-oracle, linux-oracle, linux-image-4.15.0-1040-gke, linux-image-virtual, linux-raspi2, linux-kvm, linux-image-4.15.0-58-lowlatency, linux-image-4.15.0-58-generic, linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04, linux-image-4.15.0-58-generic-lpae, linux-hwe, linux-image-raspi2, linux-image-gke
  • USN-4095-2: linux-image-4.4.0-1050-aws, linux-aws, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial, linux-image-generic-lts-xenial, linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial, linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial, linux-image-4.4.0-159-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial, linux-lts-xenial, linux-image-4.4.0-159-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-4.4.0-159-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-aws, linux-image-4.4.0-159-generic-lpae, linux-image-4.4.0-159-powerpc-smp, linux-image-4.4.0-159-lowlatency, linux-image-4.4.0-159-generic, linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial, linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial, linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • USN-4093-1: linux-image-5.0.0-1013-kvm, linux-snapdragon, linux-image-gcp, linux-azure, linux-image-snapdragon, linux-image-generic-lpae, linux-image-5.0.0-25-generic-lpae, linux-image-kvm, linux-image-5.0.0-1018-snapdragon, linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04, linux, linux-image-generic, linux-image-lowlatency, linux-gcp, linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04, linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04, linux-image-azure, linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04, linux-image-virtual, linux-raspi2, linux-image-5.0.0-1013-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-image-5.0.0-25-generic, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04, linux-image-raspi2, linux-hwe, linux-image-gke, linux-image-5.0.0-1014-azure, linux-image-5.0.0-25-lowlatency, linux-image-5.0.0-1014-raspi2
  • USN-4116-1: linux-image-virtual-lts-utopic, linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-utopic, linux-image-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-virtual-lts-wily, linux-image-virtual-lts-vivid, linux-snapdragon, linux-aws, linux-image-generic-lts-vivid, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial, linux-image-4.4.0-1056-kvm, linux-image-generic-lts-xenial, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-wily, linux-image-snapdragon, linux-image-generic-lpae, linux-image-kvm, linux-image-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-wily, linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-wily, linux-image-powerpc-smp, linux-image-lowlatency-lts-utopic, linux-image-generic-lts-wily, linux-image-4.4.0-161-generic-lpae, linux-image-4.4.0-161-generic, linux-image-lowlatency-lts-vivid, linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-utopic, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-utopic, linux, linux-image-4.4.0-161-powerpc-smp, linux-image-generic, linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial, linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-vivid, linux-image-lowlatency, linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial, linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial, linux-image-4.4.0-161-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-4.4.0-161-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-utopic, linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-vivid, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-utopic, linux-image-aws, linux-image-4.4.0-161-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-vivid, linux-image-4.4.0-161-lowlatency, linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-wily, linux-image-virtual, linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-vivid, linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-vivid, linux-image-generic-lts-utopic, linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-image-4.4.0-1092-aws, linux-image-4.4.0-1120-raspi2, linux-image-lowlatency-lts-wily, linux-image-raspi2, linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial, linux-image-4.4.0-1124-snapdragon, linux-kvm, linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-wily, linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
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  • USN-4115-1: linux-image-4.15.0-60-generic-lpae, linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04, linux-image-4.15.0-1056-azure, linux-image-gcp, linux-azure, linux-image-generic-lpae, linux-image-4.15.0-60-generic, linux-image-4.15.0-1041-gcp, linux-image-kvm, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04, linux-image-oracle, linux-image-4.15.0-60-lowlatency, linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge, linux-image-gke-4.15, linux-image-oem, linux, linux-image-generic, linux-image-lowlatency, linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-image-4.15.0-1044-raspi2, linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04-edge, linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04-edge, linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04-edge, linux-image-azure, linux-oracle, linux-image-virtual, linux-image-4.15.0-1022-oracle, linux-image-4.15.0-1041-gke, linux-raspi2, linux-kvm, linux-image-4.15.0-1043-kvm, linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04, linux-image-raspi2, linux-hwe, linux-image-gke