USN-3126-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
USN-3126-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3126-1 11th November, 2016 linux vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. Software description linux – Linux kernel Details Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernelcontained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the/proc/keys interface. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial ofservice (system crash). (CVE-2016-7042) Dmitry Vyukov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability during errorprocessing in the recvmmsg(2) implementation in the Linux kernel. A remoteattacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) orpossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7117) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-115-generic 3.2.0-115.157 linux-image-3.2.0-115-powerpc-smp 3.2.0-115.157 linux-image-powerpc 3.2.0.115.131 linux-image-3.2.0-115-virtual 3.2.0-115.157 linux-image-3.2.0-115-highbank [ more… ]