USN-4041-2: Linux kernel (HWE) update
USN-4041-2: Linux kernel (HWE) update linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws, linux-azure update A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software Description linux-aws – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems linux-azure – Linux kernel for Microsoft Azure Cloud systems linux-lts-xenial – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty Details USN-4041-1 provided updates for the Linux kernel in Ubuntu. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. USN-4017-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, the update introduced a regression that interfered with networking applications that setup very low SO_SNDBUF values. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel could be coerced into segmenting responses into multiple TCP segments. A [ more… ]