USN-3931-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3931-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities linux-hwe, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-oracle vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux-aws-hwe – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS-HWE) systems linux-azure – Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems linux-gcp – Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems linux-hwe – Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel linux-oracle – Linux kernel for Oracle Cloud systems Details USN-3931-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and for the Linux Azure kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. M. Vefa Bicakci and Andy Lutomirski discovered that the kernel did not properly [ more… ]