Ubuntu Security Notice 5206-1 - Nadav Amit discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel did not perform TLB flushes under certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to leak or alter data from other processes that use huge pages.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5206-1
January 05, 2022
linux-oem-5.14 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Summary:
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Software Description:
- linux-oem-5.14: Linux kernel for OEM systems
Details:
Nadav Amit discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel
did not perform TLB flushes under certain conditions. A local attacker
could use this to leak or alter data from other processes that use huge
pages.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
linux-image-5.14.0-1013-oem 5.14.0-1013.13
linux-image-oem-20.04d 5.14.0.1013.13
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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5206-1
CVE-2021-4002
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-5.14/5.14.0-1013.13