Ubuntu alert USN-5140-1 (linux-oem-5.14)

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Steve Beattie <steve.beattie@canonical.com>
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
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[USN-5140-1] Linux kernel (OEM 5.14) vulnerabilities
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Wed, 10 Nov 2021 22:28:53 -0800
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5140-1
November 11, 2021

linux-oem-5.14 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-oem-5.14: Linux kernel for OEM systems

Details:

It was discovered that the AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor (CCP) driver in
the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some error
conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(memory exhaustion). (CVE-2021-3744, CVE-2021-3764)

It was discovered that an integer overflow could be triggered in the eBPF
implementation in the Linux kernel when preallocating objects for stack
maps. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-41864)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  linux-image-5.14.0-1007-oem     5.14.0-1007.7
  linux-image-oem-20.04d          5.14.0.1007.7

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-5140-1
  CVE-2021-3744, CVE-2021-3764, CVE-2021-41864

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-oem-5.14/5.14....

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