linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
The system could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description
Andrei Vlad Lutas and Dan Lutas discovered that some x86 processors incorrectly handle SWAPGS instructions during speculative execution. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
linux-image-5.0.0-1012-aws - 5.0.0-1012.13
linux-image-aws - 5.0.0.1012.12
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
linux-image-4.15.0-1045-aws - 4.15.0-1045.47
linux-image-aws - 4.15.0.1045.44
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
linux-image-4.15.0-1045-aws - 4.15.0-1045.47~16.04.1
linux-image-aws-hwe - 4.15.0.1045.45
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.
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
The system could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software Description
- linux-aws - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems
- linux-aws-hwe - Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS-HWE) systems
Andrei Vlad Lutas and Dan Lutas discovered that some x86 processors incorrectly handle SWAPGS instructions during speculative execution. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
linux-image-5.0.0-1012-aws - 5.0.0-1012.13
linux-image-aws - 5.0.0.1012.12
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
linux-image-4.15.0-1045-aws - 4.15.0-1045.47
linux-image-aws - 4.15.0.1045.44
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
linux-image-4.15.0-1045-aws - 4.15.0-1045.47~16.04.1
linux-image-aws-hwe - 4.15.0.1045.45
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
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