Ubuntu security notices
USN-3582-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3582-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3582-2 22nd February, 2018 linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws 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-aws – Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems linux-lts-xenial – Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty Details USN-3582-1 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. Mohamed Ghannam discovered that the IPv4 raw socket implementation in theLinux kernel contained a race condition leading to uninitialized pointerusage. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service orpossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17712) Laurent Guerby discovered that the mbcache feature in the ext2 and [ more… ]