USN-6577-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
10 January 2024
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Releases
Packages
- linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
Details
Jana Hofmann, Emanuele Vannacci, Cedric Fournet, Boris Kopf, and Oleksii
Oleksenko discovered that some AMD processors could leak stale data from
division operations in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly
use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-20588)
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Linux kernel when
performing operations with kernel objects, leading to an out-of-bounds
write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system
crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-45863)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
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linux-image-4.4.0-1164-aws
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4.4.0-1164.179
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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linux-image-aws
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4.4.0.1164.168
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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.