========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6864-3 July 11, 2024
linux-gke vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description: - linux-gke: Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems Details: It was discovered that the Intel Data Streaming and Intel Analytics Accelerator drivers in the Linux kernel allowed direct access to the devices for unprivileged users and virtual machines. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-21823) A security issue was discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use it to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystem: - Netfilter; (CVE-2024-26924) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-image-6.8.0-1005-gke 6.8.0-1005.8 linux-image-gke 6.8.0-1005.8 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6864-3 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6864-1 CVE-2024-21823, CVE-2024-26924 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gke/6.8.0-1005.8
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