SECURITY

USN-3343-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3343-2 29th June, 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 Details USN 3343-1 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. USN 3335-2 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. However, thatfix introduced regressions for some Java applications. This updateaddresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability in the core voltageregulator driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this tocause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2014-9940) [ more… ]

USN-3338-2: Linux kernel regression Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3338-2 29th June, 2017 linux regression 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 – Linux kernel Details USN-3338-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. However, the fixfor CVE-2017-1000364 introduced regressions for some Java applications.This update addresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges (CVE-2017-1000364) Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling 32 bit compatibility IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events on 64 [ more… ]

USN-3344-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3344-1 29th June, 2017 linux, linux-aws, linux-gke, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software description linux – Linux kernel linux-aws – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems linux-gke – Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 linux-snapdragon – Linux kernel for Snapdragon processors Details USN 3328-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. However, thatfix introduced regressions for some Java applications. This updateaddresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Roee Hay discovered that the parallel port printer driver in the Linuxkernel did not properly bounds check passed arguments. A local attackerwith write access to the kernel command line arguments could [ more… ]

USN-3344-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3344-2 29th June, 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-3344-1 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. USN 3334-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. However, thatfix introduced regressions for some Java applications. This updateaddresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Roee Hay discovered that the parallel port printer driver in the Linuxkernel did not properly bounds check passed arguments. A local attackerwith write access to the kernel command line arguments could use this [ more… ]

USN-3342-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3342-1 29th June, 2017 linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel. Software description linux – Linux kernel linux-raspi2 – Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 Details USN 3326-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. However, thatfix introduced regressions for some Java applications. This updateaddresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. It was discovered that a use-after-free flaw existed in the filesystemencryption subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use thisto cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-7374) Roee Hay discovered that the parallel port printer driver in the Linuxkernel did not properly bounds check passed arguments. A local attackerwith write access to the kernel command line arguments could use [ more… ]