A Linux kernel security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS.

LSN-0090-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Linux kernel vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description

- linux - Linux kernel
- linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems - linux-azure - Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems - linux-gcp - Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems - linux-gke - Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems - linux-gkeop - Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems - linux-ibm - Linux kernel for IBM cloud systems

Details

David Bouman discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate passed user register indices. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1015)

David Bouman and Billy Jheng Bing Jhong discovered that a race condition existed in the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel, 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. (CVE-2022-2602)

Sönke Huster discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel, leading to a buffer overflow. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41674)

Sönke Huster discovered that the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-42720)

Sönke Huster discovered that the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel did not properly handle BSSID/SSID lists in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). (CVE-2022-42721)

Sönke Huster discovered that the WiFi driver stack in the Linux kernel contained a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in certain situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-42722)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your kernel livepatch to the following versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
aws - 90.2
aws - 90.3
azure - 90.2
gcp - 90.2
gcp - 90.3
generic - 90.2
gke - 90.2
gke - 90.3
gkeop - 90.2
ibm - 90.2
lowlatency - 90.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
aws - 90.2
azure - 90.2
gcp - 90.2
generic - 90.2
gke - 90.2
gkeop - 90.2
ibm - 90.2
lowlatency - 90.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
aws - 90.1
aws - 90.2
azure - 90.1
azure - 90.2
gcp - 90.1
gcp - 90.2
generic - 90.2
gke - 90.1
gke - 90.2
ibm - 90.1
ibm - 90.2
lowlatency - 90.2

Support Information

Kernels older than the levels listed below do not receive livepatch updates. If you are running a kernel version earlier than the one listed below, please upgrade your kernel as soon as possible.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
linux-aws-5.15 - 5.15.0-1000
linux-aws - 5.4.0-1009
linux-aws - 5.4.0-1061
linux-azure-5.15 - 5.15.0-1069
linux-azure - 5.4.0-1010
linux-gcp-5.15 - 5.15.0-1000
linux-gcp - 5.4.0-1009
linux-gke-5.15 - 5.15.0-1000
linux-gke - 5.4.0-1033
linux-gkeop - 5.4.0-1009
linux-hwe - 5.15.0-0
linux-ibm-5.15 - 5.15.0-1000
linux-ibm - 5.4.0-1009
linux-oem - 5.4.0-26
linux - 5.4.0-26

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
linux-aws-5.4 - 5.4.0-1069
linux-aws - 4.15.0-1054
linux-aws - 4.15.0-1119
linux-azure-4.15 - 4.15.0-1115
linux-azure-5.4 - 5.4.0-1069
linux-gcp-4.15 - 4.15.0-1121
linux-gcp-5.4 - 5.4.0-1069
linux-gke-4.15 - 4.15.0-1076
linux-gke-5.4 - 5.4.0-1009
linux-gkeop-5.4 - 5.4.0-1007
linux-hwe-5.4 - 5.4.0-26
linux-ibm-5.4 - 5.4.0-1009
linux-oem - 4.15.0-1063
linux - 4.15.0-69

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
linux-aws-hwe - 4.15.0-1126
linux-aws - 4.4.0-1098
linux-aws - 4.4.0-1129
linux-azure - 4.15.0-1063
linux-azure - 4.15.0-1078
linux-azure - 4.15.0-1114
linux-gcp - 4.15.0-1118
linux-hwe - 4.15.0-143
linux-hwe - 4.15.0-69
linux - 4.4.0-168
linux - 4.4.0-211

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
linux-aws - 5.15.0-1000
linux-azure - 5.15.0-1000
linux-gcp - 5.15.0-1000
linux-gke - 5.15.0-1000
linux-ibm - 5.15.0-1000
linux - 5.15.0-24
linux - 5.15.0-25

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
linux-lts-xenial - 4.4.0-168

References

- CVE-2022-1015
- CVE-2022-2602
- CVE-2022-41674
- CVE-2022-42720
- CVE-2022-42721
- CVE-2022-42722