Packages
- linux - Linux kernel
- linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-aws-5.4 - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-azure - Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems
- linux-azure-5.4 - Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure cloud systems
- linux-azure-fde - Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure cloud systems
- linux-bluefield - Linux kernel for NVIDIA BlueField platforms
- linux-gcp - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-gcp-5.4 - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
- linux-gke - Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-gke-5.4 - Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-gkeop - Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-gkeop-5.4 - Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
- linux-hwe-5.4 - Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
- linux-ibm - Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-ibm-5.4 - Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
- linux-kvm - Linux kernel for cloud environments
- linux-oracle - Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-oracle-5.4 - Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems
- linux-raspi - Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
- linux-raspi-5.4 - Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi systems
Details
Nick Gregory discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly handled network
offload functionality. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25636)
Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano
Giuffrida discovered that hardware mitigations added by ARM to their
processors to address Spectre-BTI were insufficient. A local attacker could
potentially use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-23960)
Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano
Giuffrida discovered that hardware mitigations added by Intel to their
processors to address Spectre-BTI were insufficient. A local attacker could
potentially use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-0001,
Nick Gregory discovered that the Linux kernel incorrectly handled network
offload functionality. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25636)
Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano
Giuffrida discovered that hardware mitigations added by ARM to their
processors to address Spectre-BTI were insufficient. A local attacker could
potentially use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-23960)
Enrico Barberis, Pietro Frigo, Marius Muench, Herbert Bos, and Cristiano
Giuffrida discovered that hardware mitigations added by Intel to their
processors to address Spectre-BTI were insufficient. A local attacker could
potentially use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-0001,
CVE-2022-0002)
Update instructions
IMPORTANT: As part of this update, unprivileged eBPF is being disabled by default, as it is the primary known means of exploiting the Branch History Injection issues described above. It should be noted that other mechanisms for exploiting the underlying issues may be discovered. Also, this may cause issues for applications that rely on the unprivileged eBPF functionality. Please see the knowledge base article at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/BHI for more details. After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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