Ubuntu Security Notice 3630-1 - It was discovered that the Broadcom UniMAC MDIO bus controller driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate device resources. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3630-1
April 23, 2018
linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
Summary:
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
- linux-raspi2: Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2
Details:
It was discovered that the Broadcom UniMAC MDIO bus controller driver in
the Linux kernel did not properly validate device resources. A local
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10:
linux-image-4.13.0-1017-raspi2 4.13.0-1017.18
linux-image-4.13.0-39-generic 4.13.0-39.44
linux-image-4.13.0-39-generic-lpae 4.13.0-39.44
linux-image-4.13.0-39-lowlatency 4.13.0-39.44
linux-image-generic 4.13.0.39.42
linux-image-generic-lpae 4.13.0.39.42
linux-image-lowlatency 4.13.0.39.42
linux-image-raspi2 4.13.0.1017.15
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/usn/usn-3630-1
CVE-2018-8043
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.13.0-39.44
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-raspi2/4.13.0-1017.18