Ubuntu update for linux

Published: 2023-09-26

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	6
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-27672 CVE-2022-40982 CVE-2023-3212 CVE-2023-3863 CVE-2023-40283 CVE-2023-4128
CWE-ID	CWE-1342 CWE-476 CWE-416
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Ubuntu Operating systems & Components / Operating system linux-image-4.15.0-1124-oracle (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-4.15.0-218-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-4.15.0-218-generic (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-4.15.0-1170-azure (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-4.15.0-1161-aws (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-4.15.0-1155-gcp (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-azure-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-aws-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-aws-hwe (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-oem (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Canonical Ltd.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 6 vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-thread return address predictions

EUVDB-ID: #VU72470

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27672

CWE-ID: CWE-1342 - Information Exposure through Microarchitectural State after Transient Execution

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to certain AMD processors may speculatively execute instructions at an incorrect return site after an SMT mode switch that may potentially lead to information disclosure.

Mitigation

Update the affected package linux to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Ubuntu: 16.04 - 18.04

linux-image-4.15.0-1124-oracle (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro

linux-image-4.15.0-218-lowlatency (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro

linux-image-4.15.0-218-generic (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro

linux-image-4.15.0-1170-azure (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro

linux-image-4.15.0-1161-aws (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro

linux-image-4.15.0-1155-gcp (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro

linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro

linux-image-azure-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro

linux-image-aws-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro

linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-aws-hwe (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-oem (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package): before Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)

CPE2.3

External links

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6396-1

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution

EUVDB-ID: #VU79262

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40982

CWE-ID: CWE-1342 - Information Exposure through Microarchitectural State after Transient Execution

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the way data is shared between threads whereby the AVX GATHER instructions on Intel processors can forward the content of stale vector registers to dependent instructions. A malicious guest can infer data from different contexts on the same core and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.