USN-3364-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3364-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3364-2 24th July, 2017 linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software description linux-lts-xenial – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty Details USN-3364-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the LinuxHardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu14.04 LTS. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly initialize a Wake-on-Lan data structure. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitiveinformation (kernel memory). (CVE-2014-9900) It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly restrict access to/proc/iomem. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitiveinformation. (CVE-2015-8944) Alexander Potapenko discovered a race condition in the Advanced [ more… ]