USN-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression
USN-2948-2: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2948-2 11th April, 2016 linux-lts-utopic regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary USN 2948-1 introduced a regression in the Ubuntu 14.10 Linux kernel backported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Software description linux-lts-utopic – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic for Trusty Details USN-2948-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 14.10 Linux kernelbackported to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. An incorrect reference countingfix in the radeon driver introduced a regression that could cause asystem crash. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB driver for Clie devices in the Linux kernel did not properly sanity check the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-7566) [ more… ]
