USN-3052-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3052-1
10th August, 2016
linux vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Software description
- linux
– Linux kernel
Details
It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did
not ensure a data structure was initialized before referencing it after an
error condition occurred. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial
of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-4470)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the netlink implementation of
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive
information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-5243)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
linux-image-3.13.0-93-lowlatency
3.13.0-93.140
-
linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc-e500mc
3.13.0-93.140
-
linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc64-emb
3.13.0-93.140
-
linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc-e500
3.13.0-93.140
-
linux-image-3.13.0-93-generic
3.13.0-93.140
-
linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc-smp
3.13.0-93.140
-
linux-image-3.13.0-93-generic-lpae
3.13.0-93.140
-
linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc64-smp
3.13.0-93.140
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.
References
Source: USN-3052-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
