USN-6949-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Packages

• linux - Linux kernel
• linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
• linux-gcp - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems
• linux-gke - Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems
• linux-ibm - Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems
• linux-nvidia - Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems
• linux-nvidia-6.8 - Linux kernel for NVIDIA systems

Details

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

• ARM32 architecture;
• ARM64 architecture;
• M68K architecture;
• OpenRISC architecture;
• PowerPC architecture;
• RISC-V architecture;
• x86 architecture;
• Block layer subsystem;
• Accessibility subsystem;
• Bluetooth drivers;
• Clock framework and drivers;
• CPU frequency scaling framework;
• Hardware crypto device drivers;
• DMA engine subsystem;
• DPLL subsystem;
• FireWire subsystem;
• EFI core;
• Qualcomm firmware drivers;
• GPIO subsystem;
• GPU drivers;
• Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
• InfiniBand drivers;
• IOMMU subsystem;
• IRQ chip drivers;
• Macintosh device drivers;
• Multiple devices driver;
• Media drivers;
• EEPROM drivers;
• MMC subsystem;
• Network drivers;
• STMicroelectronics network drivers;
• Device tree and open firmware driver;
• HiSilicon SoC PMU drivers;
• PHY drivers;
• Pin controllers subsystem;
• Remote Processor subsystem;
• S/390 drivers;
• SCSI drivers;
• SPI subsystem;
• Media staging drivers;
• Thermal drivers;
• Userspace I/O drivers;
• USB subsystem;
• DesignWare USB3 driver;
• ACRN Hypervisor Service Module driver;
• Virtio drivers;
• 9P distributed file system;
• BTRFS file system;
• eCrypt file system;
• EROFS file system;
• File systems infrastructure;
• GFS2 file system;
• JFFS2 file system;
• Network file systems library;
• Network file system client;
• Network file system server daemon;
• NILFS2 file system;
• Proc file system;
• SMB network file system;
• Tracing file system;
• Mellanox drivers;
• Memory management;
• Socket messages infrastructure;
• Slab allocator;
• Tracing infrastructure;
• User-space API (UAPI);
• Core kernel;
• BPF subsystem;
• DMA mapping infrastructure;
• RCU subsystem;
• Dynamic debug library;
• KUnit library;
• Maple Tree data structure library;
• Heterogeneous memory management;
• Amateur Radio drivers;
• Bluetooth subsystem;
• Ethernet bridge;
• Networking core;
• IPv4 networking;
• IPv6 networking;
• Multipath TCP;
• Netfilter;
• NET/ROM layer;
• NFC subsystem;
• NSH protocol;
• Open vSwitch;
• Phonet protocol;
• SMC sockets;
• TIPC protocol;
• Unix domain sockets;
• Wireless networking;
• Key management;
• ALSA framework;
• HD-audio driver;
• Kirkwood ASoC drivers;
• MediaTek ASoC drivers;
  (CVE-2024-36006, CVE-2024-36922, CVE-2024-38567, CVE-2024-38584,
  CVE-2024-36923, CVE-2024-36892, CVE-2024-35855, CVE-2024-35853,
  CVE-2024-38562, CVE-2024-36920, CVE-2024-38543, CVE-2024-38576,
  CVE-2024-38572, CVE-2024-36898, CVE-2024-38560, CVE-2024-36004,
  CVE-2024-36956, CVE-2024-36881, CVE-2024-36977, CVE-2024-36955,
  CVE-2024-36906, CVE-2024-36013, CVE-2024-36884, CVE-2024-38563,
  CVE-2024-36966, CVE-2024-38547, CVE-2024-38594, CVE-2024-36926,
  CVE-2024-38587, CVE-2024-38566, CVE-2024-27400, CVE-2024-36941,
  CVE-2024-36017, CVE-2024-38544, CVE-2024-36899, CVE-2024-35851,
  CVE-2024-38577, CVE-2024-38590, CVE-2024-38568, CVE-2024-38559,
  CVE-2024-38611, CVE-2024-36887, CVE-2024-36886, CVE-2024-35996,
  CVE-2024-38612, CVE-2024-36925, CVE-2024-38586, CVE-2024-38596,
  CVE-2024-36932, CVE-2024-39482, CVE-2024-38585, CVE-2024-36033,
  CVE-2024-38614, CVE-2024-35852, CVE-2024-36908, CVE-2024-36939,
  CVE-2024-36963, CVE-2024-27401, CVE-2024-36029, CVE-2024-38540,
  CVE-2024-38565, CVE-2024-36927, CVE-2024-36910, CVE-2024-42134,
  CVE-2024-36888, CVE-2024-35859, CVE-2024-36911, CVE-2024-35947,
  CVE-2024-36940, CVE-2024-36921, CVE-2024-36913, CVE-2024-36943,
  CVE-2024-35986, CVE-2024-38616, CVE-2024-36900, CVE-2024-36954,
  CVE-2024-36915, CVE-2024-38602, CVE-2024-41011, CVE-2024-35991,
  CVE-2024-36909, CVE-2024-38603, CVE-2023-52882, CVE-2024-36953,
  CVE-2024-38599, CVE-2024-38574, CVE-2024-36967, CVE-2024-36895,
  CVE-2024-36003, CVE-2024-36961, CVE-2024-38545, CVE-2024-38538,
  CVE-2024-36001, CVE-2024-36912, CVE-2024-36952, CVE-2024-38550,
  CVE-2024-38570, CVE-2024-36969, CVE-2024-38595, CVE-2024-35849,
  CVE-2024-36936, CVE-2024-35949, CVE-2024-36009, CVE-2024-35987,
  CVE-2024-38541, CVE-2024-38564, CVE-2024-36032, CVE-2024-38615,
  CVE-2024-36960, CVE-2024-36934, CVE-2024-36951, CVE-2024-35999,
  CVE-2024-38551, CVE-2024-36903, CVE-2024-36931, CVE-2024-38593,
  CVE-2024-36938, CVE-2024-38607, CVE-2024-36928, CVE-2024-38552,
  CVE-2024-36002, CVE-2024-38605, CVE-2024-38582, CVE-2024-36933,
  CVE-2024-38620, CVE-2024-27395, CVE-2024-27396, CVE-2024-36012,
  CVE-2024-38591, CVE-2024-38597, CVE-2024-36889, CVE-2024-36964,
  CVE-2024-38606, CVE-2024-38553, CVE-2024-36945, CVE-2024-35848,
  CVE-2024-36962, CVE-2024-36947, CVE-2024-27399, CVE-2024-38546,
  CVE-2024-38583, CVE-2024-38573, CVE-2024-35850, CVE-2024-38549,
  CVE-2024-38588, CVE-2024-38610, CVE-2024-36917, CVE-2024-36957,
  CVE-2024-35846, CVE-2024-38579, CVE-2024-36965, CVE-2024-35857,
  CVE-2024-38548, CVE-2024-36975, CVE-2024-36919, CVE-2024-38542,
  CVE-2024-36948, CVE-2024-36011, CVE-2024-38556, CVE-2024-36897,
  CVE-2024-38557, CVE-2024-36890, CVE-2024-36882, CVE-2024-38613,
  CVE-2024-36914, CVE-2024-35998, CVE-2024-36958, CVE-2024-38580,
  CVE-2024-36896, CVE-2024-36891, CVE-2024-36924, CVE-2024-38589,
  CVE-2024-38592, CVE-2024-36904, CVE-2024-36894, CVE-2024-36028,
  CVE-2024-36014, CVE-2024-36880, CVE-2024-36944, CVE-2024-38598,
  CVE-2024-36929, CVE-2024-36883, CVE-2024-35858, CVE-2024-38555,
  CVE-2024-36005, CVE-2024-38539, CVE-2024-35994, CVE-2024-36030,
  CVE-2024-27394, CVE-2024-36930, CVE-2024-36937, CVE-2024-38561,
  CVE-2024-38578, CVE-2024-36959, CVE-2024-36935, CVE-2024-36916,
  CVE-2024-36902, CVE-2024-38604, CVE-2024-38554, CVE-2024-38575,
  CVE-2024-36918, CVE-2024-36979, CVE-2024-35854, CVE-2024-36968,
  CVE-2024-38558, CVE-2024-36000, CVE-2024-27398, CVE-2024-35983,
  CVE-2024-36949, CVE-2024-38600, CVE-2024-36950, CVE-2024-36946,
  CVE-2024-36031, CVE-2024-35847, CVE-2024-36905, CVE-2024-38571,
  CVE-2024-36007, CVE-2024-35856, CVE-2024-38601, CVE-2024-38569,
  CVE-2024-38617, CVE-2024-35988, CVE-2024-35989, CVE-2024-35993,
  CVE-2024-36893, CVE-2024-36901)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04

• linux-image-6.8.0-1008-gke - 6.8.0-1008.11
• linux-image-6.8.0-1010-ibm - 6.8.0-1010.10
• linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia - 6.8.0-1011.11
• linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-64k - 6.8.0-1011.11
• linux-image-6.8.0-1012-gcp - 6.8.0-1012.13
• linux-image-6.8.0-1013-aws - 6.8.0-1013.14
• linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic - 6.8.0-40.40
• linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic-64k - 6.8.0-40.40
• linux-image-aws - 6.8.0-1013.14
• linux-image-gcp - 6.8.0-1012.13
• linux-image-generic - 6.8.0-40.40
• linux-image-generic-64k - 6.8.0-40.40
• linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 - 6.8.0-40.40
• linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 - 6.8.0-40.40
• linux-image-generic-lpae - 6.8.0-40.40
• linux-image-gke - 6.8.0-1008.11
• linux-image-ibm - 6.8.0-1010.10
• linux-image-ibm-classic - 6.8.0-1010.10
• linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 - 6.8.0-1010.10
• linux-image-kvm - 6.8.0-40.40
• linux-image-nvidia - 6.8.0-1011.11
• linux-image-nvidia-64k - 6.8.0-1011.11
• linux-image-virtual - 6.8.0-40.40
• linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 - 6.8.0-40.40

Ubuntu 22.04

• linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia - 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
• linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-64k - 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
• linux-image-nvidia-6.8 - 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
• linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 - 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1

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-2024-36952
• CVE-2024-38587
• CVE-2024-36884
• CVE-2024-27399
• CVE-2024-35854
• CVE-2024-38574
• CVE-2024-35947
• CVE-2024-36033
• CVE-2024-36899
• CVE-2024-36894
• CVE-2024-36889
• CVE-2024-36017
• CVE-2024-38565
• CVE-2024-35987
• CVE-2024-36009
• CVE-2024-36886
• CVE-2024-38553
• CVE-2024-36905
• CVE-2024-35988
• CVE-2024-38541
• CVE-2024-36921
• CVE-2024-36910
• CVE-2024-36897
• CVE-2024-35983
• CVE-2024-38546
• CVE-2024-36957
• CVE-2024-38562
• CVE-2024-38551
• CVE-2024-38617
• CVE-2024-38542
• CVE-2024-36909
• CVE-2024-35852
• CVE-2024-38588
• CVE-2024-27398
• CVE-2024-35859
• CVE-2024-36967
• CVE-2024-36939
• CVE-2024-36950
• CVE-2024-35991
• CVE-2024-38602
• CVE-2024-38570
• CVE-2024-38569
• CVE-2024-36968
• CVE-2024-36969
• CVE-2024-38556
• CVE-2024-35986
• CVE-2024-36947
• CVE-2024-38560
• CVE-2024-38607
• CVE-2024-36963
• CVE-2024-38582
• CVE-2024-36960
• CVE-2024-38558
• CVE-2024-38596
• CVE-2024-36029
• CVE-2024-35851
• CVE-2024-35998
• CVE-2024-38540
• CVE-2024-35850
• CVE-2024-36913
• CVE-2024-38597
• CVE-2024-36951
• CVE-2024-36888
• CVE-2024-38605
• CVE-2024-27396
• CVE-2024-38550
• CVE-2024-36954
• CVE-2024-36906
• CVE-2024-38573
• CVE-2024-35855
• CVE-2024-38586
• CVE-2024-36924
• CVE-2024-36904
• CVE-2024-36934
• CVE-2024-27394
• CVE-2024-38563
• CVE-2024-38572
• CVE-2024-36013
• CVE-2024-38539
• CVE-2024-38549
• CVE-2024-38599
• CVE-2024-35847
• CVE-2024-36898
• CVE-2024-38616
• CVE-2024-36915
• CVE-2024-36977
• CVE-2024-36896
• CVE-2024-38568
• CVE-2024-36031
• CVE-2024-36028
• CVE-2024-38584
• CVE-2024-36975
• CVE-2024-36902
• CVE-2024-35846
• CVE-2024-35848
• CVE-2024-36003
• CVE-2024-36925
• CVE-2024-36965
• CVE-2024-35856
• CVE-2024-35996
• CVE-2024-38613
• CVE-2024-36964
• CVE-2024-36953
• CVE-2024-36936
• CVE-2024-36892
• CVE-2024-38561
• CVE-2024-36920
• CVE-2023-52882
• CVE-2024-38559
• CVE-2024-36948
• CVE-2024-36891
• CVE-2024-35994
• CVE-2024-36945
• CVE-2024-36883
• CVE-2024-38612
• CVE-2024-36930
• CVE-2024-35849
• CVE-2024-38578
• CVE-2024-38564
• CVE-2024-36966
• CVE-2024-38598
• CVE-2024-35858
• CVE-2024-35999
• CVE-2024-36962
• CVE-2024-36002
• CVE-2024-38590
• CVE-2024-38620
• CVE-2024-36946
• CVE-2024-36941
• CVE-2024-36012
• CVE-2024-27400
• CVE-2024-38600
• CVE-2024-36937
• CVE-2024-36004
• CVE-2024-38603
• CVE-2024-38593
• CVE-2024-39482
• CVE-2024-27401
• CVE-2024-36908
• CVE-2024-36918
• CVE-2024-36007
• CVE-2024-36881
• CVE-2024-36912
• CVE-2024-36006
• CVE-2024-35949
• CVE-2024-38595
• CVE-2024-38610
• CVE-2024-38580
• CVE-2024-36880
• CVE-2024-38577
• CVE-2024-38601
• CVE-2024-36911
• CVE-2024-38554
• CVE-2024-41011
• CVE-2024-35989
• CVE-2024-38585
• CVE-2024-36032
• CVE-2024-36928
• CVE-2024-36887
• CVE-2024-38591
• CVE-2024-36940
• CVE-2024-36979
• CVE-2024-38557
• CVE-2024-38583
• CVE-2024-35853
• CVE-2024-36926
• CVE-2024-36001
• CVE-2024-36882
• CVE-2024-36011
• CVE-2024-36030
• CVE-2024-36955
• CVE-2024-38604
• CVE-2024-35857
• CVE-2024-36901
• CVE-2024-36000
• CVE-2024-36916
• CVE-2024-38555
• CVE-2024-36923
• CVE-2024-38576
• CVE-2024-27395
• CVE-2024-36933
• CVE-2024-36944
• CVE-2024-36895
• CVE-2024-38611
• CVE-2024-36914
• CVE-2024-36961
• CVE-2024-38589
• CVE-2024-36932
• CVE-2024-36958
• CVE-2024-38566
• CVE-2024-38538
• CVE-2024-38548
• CVE-2024-38543
• CVE-2024-36014
• CVE-2024-36900
• CVE-2024-36929
• CVE-2024-36938
• CVE-2024-38544
• CVE-2024-36959
• CVE-2024-38575
• CVE-2024-38579
• CVE-2024-38615
• CVE-2024-36922
• CVE-2024-38592
• CVE-2024-36893
• CVE-2024-36935
• CVE-2024-38606
• CVE-2024-36005
• CVE-2024-38594
• CVE-2024-42134
• CVE-2024-36890
• CVE-2024-38545
• CVE-2024-36956
• CVE-2024-38547
• CVE-2024-36919
• CVE-2024-36927
• CVE-2024-38552
• CVE-2024-36917
• CVE-2024-38567
• CVE-2024-36931
• CVE-2024-38571
• CVE-2024-38614
• CVE-2024-36943
• CVE-2024-36903
• CVE-2024-35993
• CVE-2024-36949

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