USN-3630-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

23 April 2018

linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

Summary

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description

• linux - Linux kernel
• linux-raspi2 - Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2

Details

It was discovered that the Broadcom UniMAC MDIO bus controller driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate device resources. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.10

linux-image-4.13.0-1017-raspi2 - 4.13.0-1017.18

linux-image-4.13.0-39-generic - 4.13.0-39.44

linux-image-4.13.0-39-generic-lpae - 4.13.0-39.44

linux-image-4.13.0-39-lowlatency - 4.13.0-39.44

linux-image-generic - 4.13.0.39.42

linux-image-generic-lpae - 4.13.0.39.42

linux-image-lowlatency - 4.13.0.39.42

linux-image-raspi2 - 4.13.0.1017.15

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2qT4jkY