USN-3525-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3525-1

10th January, 2018

linux vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

The system could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software description

linux
– Linux kernel

Details

Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution
and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via
sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Meltdown. A local attacker could
use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:: linux-image-3.2.0-132-generic-pae

3.2.0-132.178; linux-image-3.2.0-132-generic

3.2.0-132.178; linux-image-generic-pae

3.2.0.132.146; linux-image-generic

3.2.0.132.146

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 make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.

References

CVE-2017-5754

Source: USN-3525-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

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