USN-3385-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
USN-3385-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3385-2 10th August, 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-3385-1 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. Andrey Konovalov discovered a race condition in the UDP FragmentationOffload (UFO) code in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this tocause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-1000112) Andrey Konovalov discovered a race condition in AF_PACKET socket optionhandling code in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could usethis to cause a denial of service [ more… ]