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USN-3406-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3406-2 29th August, 2017 linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software description linux-lts-trusty – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise ESM Details USN-3406-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the LinuxHardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu12.04 ESM. It was discovered that an out of bounds read vulnerability existed in theassociative array implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attackercould use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or exposesensitive information. (CVE-2016-7914) It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference existed in the DirectRendering Manager (DRM) driver for VMWare devices in the Linux kernel. [ more… ]