USN-3443-3: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerability
USN-3443-3: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3443-3 11th October, 2017 linux-gcp vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary The system could be made to crash under certain conditions. Software description linux-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems Details Andrey Konovalov discovered that a divide-by-zero error existed in the TCPstack implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use thisto cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-14106) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: linux-image-gcp 4.10.0.1007.9 linux-image-4.10.0-1007-gcp 4.10.0-1007.7 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to makeall the necessary changes. ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates [ more… ]