USN-3312-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3312-1 6th June, 2017 linux, linux-aws, linux-gke, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software description linux – Linux kernel linux-aws – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems linux-gke – Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 linux-snapdragon – Linux kernel for Snapdragon Processors Details It was discovered that the netfilter netlink implementation in the Linuxkernel did not properly validate batch messages. A local attacker with theCAP_NET_ADMIN capability could use this to expose sensitive information orcause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7917) Qian Zhang discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the tipc_msg_build()function in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use to cause [ more… ]