Ubuntu update for linux

Published: 2024-09-18

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	8
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-39496 CVE-2024-41009 CVE-2024-26677 CVE-2024-42160 CVE-2024-27012 CVE-2024-42228 CVE-2024-39494 CVE-2024-38570
CWE-ID	CWE-416 CWE-20 CWE-401 CWE-908
Exploitation vector	Local
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Ubuntu Operating systems & Components / Operating system linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (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-azure-cvm (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 (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-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-gke-5.15 (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-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-generic-64k (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-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-122-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-122-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-122-generic (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1073-azure (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1070-aws (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1069-gcp (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1068-oracle (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1067-kvm (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1067-gke (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1065-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1065-nvidia (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1065-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1063-raspi (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1063-ibm (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-5.15.0-1053-gkeop (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package) Other linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) Other
Vendor	Canonical Ltd.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 8 vulnerabilities.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU94231

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39496

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the btrfs_load_zone_info() function in fs/btrfs/zoned.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package linux to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Ubuntu: 20.04 - 22.04

linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1063.61

linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1053.52

linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1065.71~20.04.1

linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1069.77~20.04.1

linux-image-azure-cvm (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1073.82~20.04.1

linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1073.82~20.04.1

linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1070.76~20.04.1

linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.122

linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1063.61

linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1068.64

linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1065.65

linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1065.65

linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1067.63

linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1065.65

linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1063.59

linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1053.52

linux-image-gke-5.15 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1067.66

linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1067.66

linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.122

linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.122

linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.122.122

linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1069.65

linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1073.71

linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0.1070.70

linux-image-5.15.0-122-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-5.15.0-122-generic-64k (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-5.15.0-122-generic (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-122.132~20.04.1

linux-image-5.15.0-1073-azure (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1073.82~20.04.1

linux-image-5.15.0-1070-aws (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1070.76~20.04.1

linux-image-5.15.0-1069-gcp (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1069.77~20.04.1

linux-image-5.15.0-1068-oracle (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1068.74

linux-image-5.15.0-1067-kvm (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1067.72

linux-image-5.15.0-1067-gke (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1067.73

linux-image-5.15.0-1065-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1065.66

linux-image-5.15.0-1065-nvidia (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1065.66

linux-image-5.15.0-1065-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1065.71~20.04.1

linux-image-5.15.0-1063-raspi (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1063.66

linux-image-5.15.0-1063-ibm (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1063.66

linux-image-5.15.0-1053-gkeop (Ubuntu package): before 5.15.0-1053.60~20.04.1

CPE2.3

External links

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7021-1

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) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU94508

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41009

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the __aligned(), bpf_ringbuf_alloc(), bpf_ringbuf_restore_from_rec() and __bpf_ringbuf_reserve() functions in kernel/bpf/ringbuf.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.