Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6950-1)

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USN-6950-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia vulnerabilities

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: - ARM32 architecture; - ARM64 architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - Bluetooth drivers; - Clock framework and...

kernel: inet: inet_defrag: prevent sk release while still in use

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: inetdefrag: prevent sk release while still in use iplocalout and other functions can pass skb-sk as function argument. If the skb is a fragment and reassembly happens before such function call returns, the sk must not be...

kernel: net: amd-xgbe: Fix skb data length underflow

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: amd-xgbe: Fix skb data length underflow There will be BUGON triggered in include/linux/skbuff.h leading to intermittent kernel panic, when the skb length underflow is detected. Fix this by dropping the packet if such length...

kernel: tcp: properly terminate timers for kernel sockets

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: properly terminate timers for kernel sockets We had various syzbot reports about tcp timers firing after the corresponding netns has been dismantled. Fortunately Josef Bacik could trigger the issue more often, and could test...

kernel: tcp: Use refcount_inc_not_zero() in tcp_twsk_unique().

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TCP protocol in how a local user triggers a complex race condition during connection to the socket. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

kernel: nsh: Restore skb->{protocol,data,mac_header} for outer header in nsh_gso_segment().

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nsh: Restore skb-protocol,data,macheader for outer header in nshgsosegment. syzbot triggered various splats see 0 and links by a crafted GSO packet of VIRTIONETHDRGSOUDP layering the following protocols: ETHP8021AD + ETHPNSH +...

kernel: net: fix information leakage in /proc/net/ptype

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix information leakage in /proc/net/ptype In one net namespace, after creating a packet socket without binding it to a device, users in other net namespaces can observe the new packettype added by this packet socket by...

kernel: tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: fix missing memory barrier in tlsinit In tlsinit, a write memory barrier is missing, and store-store reordering may cause NULL dereference in tlssetsockopt,getsockopt. CPU0 CPU1 ----- ----- // In tlsinit // In tlsctxcreate c...

kernel: af_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afunix: Fix data races in unixreleasesock/unixstreamsendmsg A data-race condition has been identified in afunix. In one data path, the write function unixreleasesock atomically writes to sk-skshutdown using WRITEONCE. However, on...

kernel: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: actskbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak syzbot found that tcfskbmoddump was copying four bytes from kernel stack to user space 1. The issue here is that 'struct tcskbmod' has a four bytes hole. We need to clear the structur...

kernel: net: core: reject skb_copy(_expand) for fraglist GSO skbs

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: core: reject skbcopyexpand for fraglist GSO skbs SKBGSOFRAGLIST skbs must not be linearized, otherwise they become invalid. Return NULL if such an skb is passed to skbcopy or skbcopyexpand, in order to prevent a crash on a...

kernel: tcp: properly terminate timers for kernel sockets

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: properly terminate timers for kernel sockets We had various syzbot reports about tcp timers firing after the corresponding netns has been dismantled. Fortunately Josef Bacik could trigger the issue more often, and could test...

kernel: tcp: Use refcount_inc_not_zero() in tcp_twsk_unique().

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s TCP protocol in how a local user triggers a complex race condition during connection to the socket. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system...

kernel: atl1c: Work around the DMA RX overflow issue

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atl1c: Work around the DMA RX overflow issue This is based on alx driver commit 881d0327db37 "net: alx: Work around the DMA RX overflow issue". The alx and atl1c drivers had RX overflow error which was why a custom allocator was...

kernel: ipv4: Fix uninit-value access in __ip_make_skb()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: Fix uninit-value access in ipmakeskb KMSAN reported uninit-value access in ipmakeskb 1. ipmakeskb tests HDRINCL to know if the skb has icmphdr. However, HDRINCL can cause a race condition. If calling setsockopt2 with...

kernel: TIPC message reassembly use-after-free remote code execution vulnerability

A use-after-free UAF flaw exists in the Linux Kernel within the reassembly of fragmented TIPC messages, specifically in the tipcbufappend function. The issue results due to a lack of checks in the error handling cleanup and can trigger a UAF on "struct skbuff", which may lead to remote code...

kernel: inet: inet_defrag: prevent sk release while still in use

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: inetdefrag: prevent sk release while still in use iplocalout and other functions can pass skb-sk as function argument. If the skb is a fragment and reassembly happens before such function call returns, the sk must not be...

kernel: net: fix information leakage in /proc/net/ptype

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix information leakage in /proc/net/ptype In one net namespace, after creating a packet socket without binding it to a device, users in other net namespaces can observe the new packettype added by this packet socket by...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6949-1)

"The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6949-1 advisory. Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update...