USN-4580-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• linux - Linux kernel
• linux-lts-trusty - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise ESM

Details

Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux
kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to a use-after-free
vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04

• linux-image-server - 3.13.0.182.191
• linux-image-generic-pae - 3.13.0.182.191
• linux-image-lowlatency-pae - 3.13.0.182.191
• linux-image-virtual - 3.13.0.182.191
• linux-image-omap - 3.13.0.182.191
• linux-image-generic - 3.13.0.182.191
• linux-image-3.13.0-182-generic - 3.13.0-182.233
• linux-image-highbank - 3.13.0.182.191
• linux-image-3.13.0-182-generic-lpae - 3.13.0-182.233
• linux-image-3.13.0-182-lowlatency - 3.13.0-182.233
• linux-image-generic-lpae - 3.13.0.182.191
• linux-image-lowlatency - 3.13.0.182.191

Ubuntu 12.04

• linux-image-3.2.0-149-virtual - 3.2.0-149.196
• linux-image-3.13.0-182-lowlatency - 3.13.0-182.233~12.04.1
• linux-image-3.2.0-149-omap - 3.2.0-149.196
• linux-image-generic - 3.2.0.149.163
• linux-image-3.13.0-182-generic - 3.13.0-182.233~12.04.1
• linux-image-highbank - 3.2.0.149.163
• linux-image-server - 3.2.0.149.163
• linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty - 3.13.0.182.168
• linux-image-virtual - 3.2.0.149.163
• linux-image-generic-lts-trusty - 3.13.0.182.168
• linux-image-generic-pae - 3.2.0.149.163
• linux-image-3.13.0-182-generic-lpae - 3.13.0-182.233~12.04.1
• linux-image-3.2.0-149-generic-pae - 3.2.0-149.196
• linux-image-3.2.0-149-highbank - 3.2.0-149.196
• linux-image-3.2.0-149-generic - 3.2.0-149.196

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

• CVE-2020-16119

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