Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-6925-1

USN-6925-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Publication date

29 July 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Linux kernel.

Releases

14.04 LTS

Packages

linux - Linux kernel

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:

IPv4 networking

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:

IPv4 networking

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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.

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

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
14.04 trusty	linux-image-3.13.0-198-generic – 3.13.0-198.249
	linux-image-3.13.0-198-lowlatency – 3.13.0-198.249
	linux-image-generic – 3.13.0.198.208
	linux-image-generic-lts-quantal – 3.13.0.198.208
	linux-image-generic-lts-raring – 3.13.0.198.208
	linux-image-generic-lts-saucy – 3.13.0.198.208
	linux-image-generic-lts-trusty – 3.13.0.198.208
	linux-image-lowlatency – 3.13.0.198.208
	linux-image-server – 3.13.0.198.208
	linux-image-virtual – 3.13.0.198.208

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References

CVE-2024-26882

CVE-2024-26882

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