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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6441-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6441-1
Posted Oct 20, 2023
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 6441-1 - Ross Lagerwall discovered that the Xen netback backend driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain unusual packets from a paravirtualized network frontend, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. Kyle Zeng discovered that the networking stack implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate skb object size in certain conditions. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

tags | advisory, denial of service, overflow, arbitrary, kernel
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2023-34319, CVE-2023-42752, CVE-2023-42753, CVE-2023-42755, CVE-2023-42756, CVE-2023-4622, CVE-2023-4623, CVE-2023-4881, CVE-2023-4921
SHA-256 | a66b0d7f031b83030940495dffa4d55e99dd4144b4b592319cafa0610e3bf224

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6441-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6441-1
October 19, 2023

linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp,
linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm,
linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
- linux-aws: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems
- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-gkeop: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-ibm: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-kvm: Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-oracle: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-xilinx-zynqmp: Linux kernel for Xilinx ZynqMP processors
- linux-aws-5.4: Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-azure-5.4: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure cloud systems
- linux-hwe-5.4: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-ibm-5.4: Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-oracle-5.4: Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems

Details:

Ross Lagerwall discovered that the Xen netback backend driver in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle certain unusual packets from a
paravirtualized network frontend, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker
in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (host system
crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-34319)

Kyle Zeng discovered that the networking stack implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly validate skb object size in certain conditions. An
attacker could use this cause a denial of service (system crash) or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-42752)

Kyle Zeng discovered that the netfiler subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly calculate array offsets, leading to a out-of-bounds write
vulnerability. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-42753)

Kyle Zeng discovered that the IPv4 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
classifier implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds
read vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash). Please note that kernel packet classifier support
for RSVP has been removed to resolve this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-42755)

Kyle Zeng discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel
contained a race condition in IP set operations in certain situations. A
local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2023-42756)

Bing-Jhong Billy Jheng discovered that the Unix domain socket
implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in certain
situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4622)

Budimir Markovic discovered that the qdisc implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly validate inner classes, leading to a use-after-free
vulnerability. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4623)

Alex Birnberg discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel
did not properly validate register length, leading to an out-of- bounds
write vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-4881)

It was discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing scheduler implementation in
the Linux kernel did not properly handle network packets in certain
conditions, leading to a use after free vulnerability. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4921)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
linux-image-5.4.0-1032-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1032.36
linux-image-5.4.0-1059-ibm 5.4.0-1059.64
linux-image-5.4.0-1079-gkeop 5.4.0-1079.83
linux-image-5.4.0-1101-kvm 5.4.0-1101.107
linux-image-5.4.0-1111-oracle 5.4.0-1111.120
linux-image-5.4.0-1112-aws 5.4.0-1112.121
linux-image-5.4.0-1116-gcp 5.4.0-1116.125
linux-image-5.4.0-1118-azure 5.4.0-1118.125
linux-image-5.4.0-165-generic 5.4.0-165.182
linux-image-5.4.0-165-generic-lpae 5.4.0-165.182
linux-image-5.4.0-165-lowlatency 5.4.0-165.182
linux-image-aws-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1112.109
linux-image-azure-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1118.111
linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1116.118
linux-image-generic 5.4.0.165.162
linux-image-generic-lpae 5.4.0.165.162
linux-image-gkeop 5.4.0.1079.77
linux-image-gkeop-5.4 5.4.0.1079.77
linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1059.88
linux-image-kvm 5.4.0.1101.96
linux-image-lowlatency 5.4.0.165.162
linux-image-oem 5.4.0.165.162
linux-image-oem-osp1 5.4.0.165.162
linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04 5.4.0.1111.104
linux-image-virtual 5.4.0.165.162
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0.1032.32

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
linux-image-5.4.0-1059-ibm 5.4.0-1059.64~18.04.1
linux-image-5.4.0-1111-oracle 5.4.0-1111.120~18.04.1
linux-image-5.4.0-1112-aws 5.4.0-1112.121~18.04.2
linux-image-5.4.0-1118-azure 5.4.0-1118.125~18.04.1
linux-image-5.4.0-165-generic 5.4.0-165.182~18.04.1
linux-image-5.4.0-165-lowlatency 5.4.0-165.182~18.04.1
linux-image-aws 5.4.0.1112.90
linux-image-azure 5.4.0.1118.91
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.165.182~18.04.132
linux-image-ibm 5.4.0.1059.70
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.165.182~18.04.132
linux-image-oem 5.4.0.165.182~18.04.132
linux-image-oem-osp1 5.4.0.165.182~18.04.132
linux-image-oracle 5.4.0.1111.120~18.04.83
linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.165.182~18.04.132
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 5.4.0.165.182~18.04.132

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-6441-1
CVE-2023-34319, CVE-2023-42752, CVE-2023-42753, CVE-2023-42755,
CVE-2023-42756, CVE-2023-4622, CVE-2023-4623, CVE-2023-4881,
CVE-2023-4921

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.4.0-165.182
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/5.4.0-1112.121
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/5.4.0-1118.125
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/5.4.0-1116.125
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gkeop/5.4.0-1079.83
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ibm/5.4.0-1059.64
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/5.4.0-1101.107
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oracle/5.4.0-1111.120
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-xilinx-zynqmp/5.4.0-1032.36

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