[USN-7233-2] Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7233-2
January 30, 2025

linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-azure-4.15: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems
- linux-azure: Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems

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:
- Multiple devices driver;
- Network drivers;
- Mellanox network drivers;
- S/390 drivers;
- SCSI subsystem;
- Sonic Silicon Backplane drivers;
- File systems infrastructure;
- Closures library;
- Netfilter;
- TIPC protocol;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2024-26929, CVE-2024-40982, CVE-2024-42311, CVE-2024-53141,
CVE-2024-41066, CVE-2024-38661, CVE-2024-38553, CVE-2024-43914,
CVE-2024-26663, CVE-2024-42252, CVE-2024-38597, CVE-2024-53103,
CVE-2024-41020, CVE-2024-41012, CVE-2024-26595)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
linux-image-4.15.0-1185-azure 4.15.0-1185.200
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-azure-lts-18.04 4.15.0.1185.153
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
linux-image-4.15.0-1185-azure 4.15.0-1185.200~14.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
linux-image-azure 4.15.0.1185.200~14.04.1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

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-7233-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7233-1
CVE-2024-26595, CVE-2024-26663, CVE-2024-26929, CVE-2024-38553,
CVE-2024-38597, CVE-2024-38661, CVE-2024-40982, CVE-2024-41012,
CVE-2024-41020, CVE-2024-41066, CVE-2024-42252, CVE-2024-42311,
CVE-2024-43914, CVE-2024-53103, CVE-2024-53141