Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6875-1
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6875-1
July 04, 2024
linux-azure vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Software Description:
– linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems
Details:
It was discovered that the Intel Data Streaming and Intel Analytics
Accelerator drivers in the Linux kernel allowed direct access to the
devices for unprivileged users and virtual machines. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21823)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
– Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;
– Netfilter;
(CVE-2024-35901, CVE-2024-26924)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-azure 6.8.0-1009.9
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-azure-fde 6.8.0-1009.9
linux-image-azure 6.8.0-1009.9
linux-image-azure-fde 6.8.0-1009.9
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-6875-1
CVE-2024-21823, CVE-2024-26924, CVE-2024-35901
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-azure/6.8.0-1009.9