[Ksplice][Ubuntu-22.04-Updates] New Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy (USN-7166-1)

Thu Jan 16 05:04:13 UTC 2025

Synopsis: USN-7166-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2023-52532 CVE-2024-38538 CVE-2024-38544 CVE-2024-39463 CVE-2024-41016 CVE-2024-42079 CVE-2024-46695 CVE-2024-46858 CVE-2024-46865 CVE-2024-47670 CVE-2024-47674 CVE-2024-47685 CVE-2024-47692 CVE-2024-47701 CVE-2024-47706 CVE-2024-47723 CVE-2024-47739 CVE-2024-47742 CVE-2024-49860 CVE-2024-49863 CVE-2024-49867 CVE-2024-49868 CVE-2024-49878 CVE-2024-49882 CVE-2024-49883 CVE-2024-49884 CVE-2024-49900 CVE-2024-49936 CVE-2024-49944 CVE-2024-49948 CVE-2024-49949 CVE-2024-49957 CVE-2024-49958 CVE-2024-49966 CVE-2024-49982 CVE-2024-49983 CVE-2024-49995 CVE-2024-50033 CVE-2024-50035 CVE-2024-50045 CVE-2024-50179

Systems running Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-7166-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running Ubuntu 22.04
Jammy install these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y

DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2023-52532: Denial-of-service in Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver.

A logic error when handling a TX CQE error in the Microsoft Azure
Network Adapter (MANA) driver could lead to a reference count leak. A
local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-38538: Data corruption in 802.1d Ethernet Bridging.

A missing check when sending a short skb in the 802.1d Ethernet
Bridging driver could lead to use of uninitialized memory. An
attacker could use this flaw to cause data corruption.

* CVE-2024-38544: Denial-of-service in Software RDMA over Ethernet (RoCE) driver.

A race condition when using the Software RDMA over Ethernet (RoCE)
driver could lead to a use-after-free. An attacker could use this flaw
to cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-39463: Privilege escalation in Plan 9 Resource Sharing (9P2000) driver.

A locking error when using the Plan 9 Resource Sharing (9P2000) driver
could lead to a use-after-free. A local attacker could use this flaw to
escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-41016, CVE-2024-47670: Privilege escalation in OCFS2 filesystem.

Missing checks when reading extended attributes in the OCFS2 filesystem
could lead to an out-of-bounds memory access. A local attacker could use
a crafted image to escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-42079: Denial-of-service in GFS2 file system driver.

A race condition when unmounting the GFS2 file system driver could lead
to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could use this flaw to
cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-46695: Permission bypass in NSA SELinux driver.

A logic error when a NFS client tries to change SELinux files context on
a disk exported by a NFS server could lead to permission bypass.

* CVE-2024-46858: Privilege escalation in Multipath TCP driver.

A logic error when using the Multipath TCP driver could lead to a
use-after-free. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate
privileges.

* CVE-2024-46865: Denial-of-service in Foo protocol over UDP.

A logic error when using the Foo protocol over UDP could lead to use of
uninitialized memory. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-47674: Privilege escalation in MMU-based Paged Memory Management driver.

A logic error in the MMU-based Paged Memory Management driver could lead
to use of uninitialized memory. A local attacker could use this flaw to
escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-47685: Remote information leak in Netfilter.

A missing check in Netfilter when using IPv6 packet rejection rules could
lead to using uninitialized memory. A remote attacker could use this flaw
to extract sensitive information.

* CVE-2024-47692: Denial-of-service in NFS server driver.

A missing check when using the NFS server driver could lead to a NULL
pointer dereference. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-47701: Privilege escalation in ext4 filesystem.

A race condition when using the ext4 filesystem could lead to an
out-of-bounds memory access. A local attacker could use this flaw to
escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-47706: Privilege escalation in generic block I/O layer.

A missing check when using the generic block I/O layer could lead to a
use-after-free. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate
privileges.

* CVE-2024-47723: Information leak in JFS.

Missing checks in the JFS filesystem driver could lead to an
out-of-bounds access. A local attacker could use this flaw to
leak sensitive information or cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-47739: Denial-of-service in padata subsystem.

A locking error when using the padata subsystem could lead to a deadlock.
A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-47742: Privilege escalation in the firmware loader driver.

A missing check when user loads a firmware using firmware loader driver
indirectly could lead to loading arbitrary files. A local attacker could
use this flaw to escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-49860: Information leak in ACPI driver.

A missing check when using the ACPI driver could lead to an
out-of-bounds memory read. A local attacker could use this flaw to
extract sensitive information.

* CVE-2024-49863: Denial-of-service in virtio SCSI driver.

A missing check when retrieving SCSI request in the virtio SCSI driver
could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could use
this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-49867: Privilege escalation in BTRFS filesystem.

A missing flush when unmounting the BTRFS filesystem could lead to a
use-after-free. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate
privileges.

* CVE-2024-49868: Denial-of-service in BTRFS filesystem.

A missing check when using the BTRFS filesystem could lead to a NULL
pointer dereference. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-49878: Information leak in kernel resource manager with CXL memory.

A logic error in the kernel resource manager when CXL memory is in use
could lead to accessing normally restricted part of the memory. A local
attacker could use this flaw to leak sensitive information.

* CVE-2024-49882: Code execution in ext4 filesystem.

A logic error in the ext4 filesystem could lead to a double free. A
local attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code in kernel
mode.

* CVE-2024-49883: Privilege escalation in ext4 filesystem.

A logic error when using the ext4 filesystem could lead to a
use-after-free. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate
privileges.

* CVE-2024-49884: Privilege escalation in EXT4 filesystem driver.

A logic error when adding extent in the EXT4 filesystem driver could
lead to a use-after-free. A local attacker could use this flaw to
escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-49900: Information leak in JFS.

A logic error in the JFS filesystem driver could lead to
using an uninitialized buffer when working with extended
attributes. A local attacker could use this flaw to leak
sensitive information from kernel space.

* CVE-2024-49936: Privilege escalation in Xen backend network device driver.

A locking error when using the Xen backend network device driver could
lead to a use-after-free. An attacker from a guest VM could use this
flaw to escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-49944: Denial-of-service in SCTP Protocol driver.

A missing check when listening on a socket in the SCTP Protocol driver
could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could use
this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-49948, CVE-2024-49949: Denial-of-service in core networking layer.

Missing checks on maliciously crafted packets from userspace could
cause an underflow leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local
attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-49957: Denial-of-service in OCFS2 file system driver.

A logic error when mounting a filesystem with a corrupted journal in the
OCFS2 file system driver could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A
local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-49958: Denial-of-service in OCFS2 filesystem.

A logic error when using the OCFS2 filesystem could lead to disk
corruption, and a potential kernel panic. A local attacker could use this
flaw to corrupt a filesystem, or cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-49966: Privilege escalation in OCFS2 file system driver.

A logic error when reading information header from global quota file in
the OCFS2 file system driver could lead to a use-after-free. A local
attacker could use this flaw to escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-49982: Use-after-free in ATA-over-Ethernet driver.

Due to incorrect handling of device refcount in the ATA-over-Ethernet
(AoE) driver, a race is possible between freeing of an AoE device and
access through associated socket buffers, leading to a use-after-free.
A local attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a denial-of-service or
execute arbitrary code.

* CVE-2024-49983: Privilege escalation in EXT4 filesystem driver.

A logic error when using fast commit feature of the EXT4 filesystem
driver could lead to a use-after-free. A local attacker could use this
flaw to escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-49995: Privilege escalation in TIPC Protocol driver.

A logic error when setting TIPC bearer name in the TIPC Protocol driver
could lead to an out-of-bounds memory access. A local attacker could use
this flaw to escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-50033: Privilege escalation in SLHC driver.

A logic error when using the Van Jacobson TCP/IP Serial Line Header
Compression (SLHC) driver could lead to an out-of-bounds memory access.
A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate privileges.

* CVE-2024-50035: Information leak in PPP (point-to-point protocol) networking stack.

A missing check when transmitting using the PPP networking stack could
lead to use of uninitialized memory. A local attacker could use this
flaw to extract sensitive information.

* CVE-2024-50045: Denial-of-service in bridge netfilter driver.

A logic error when sending traffic using the bridge netfilter driver
could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could use
this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

* CVE-2024-50179: Denial-of-service in Ceph distributed file system driver.

A logic error when setting dirty pages in the Ceph distributed file
system driver could lead to a kernel assertion failure. A local attacker
could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.