USN-2948-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-2948-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2948-1 6th April, 2016 linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. Software description linux-lts-utopic – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic for Trusty Details Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB driver for Clie devices in theLinux kernel did not properly sanity check the endpoints reported by thedevice. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service(system crash). (CVE-2015-7566) Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kerneldid not properly sanity check the interfaces and endpoints reported by thedevice. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service(system crash). (CVE-2015-7833) Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linuxkernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to [ more… ]