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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4031-1
June 24, 2019
linux, linux-hwe vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 19.04
– Ubuntu 18.10
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
64-Bit PowerPC systems could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description:
– linux: Linux kernel
– linux-hwe: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel
Details:
It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly separate certain
memory mappings when creating new userspace processes on 64-bit Power
(ppc64el) systems. A local attacker could use this to access memory
contents or cause memory corruption of other processes on the system.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
linux-image-5.0.0-19-generic 5.0.0-19.20
linux-image-generic 5.0.0.19.20
linux-image-virtual 5.0.0.19.20
Ubuntu 18.10:
linux-image-4.18.0-24-generic 4.18.0-24.25
linux-image-generic 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-powerpc64-emb 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-powerpc64-smp 4.18.0.24.25
linux-image-virtual 4.18.0.24.25
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
linux-image-4.18.0-24-generic 4.18.0-24.25~18.04.1
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 4.18.0.24.74
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 4.18.0.24.74
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:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4031-1
CVE-2019-12817
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/5.0.0-19.20
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.18.0-24.25
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/4.18.0-24.25~18.04.1
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