USN-4017-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
USN-4017-2: Linux kernel vulnerabilities linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-lts-trusty, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary The system could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description linux – Linux kernel 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 linux-lts-trusty – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise ESM Details USN-4017-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in the Linux kernel could be fragmented when handling certain TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences. [ more… ]