USN-3129-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3129-2
11th November, 2016
linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.10
Summary
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software description
- linux-raspi2
– Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2
Details
Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernel
contained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the
/proc/keys interface. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash). (CVE-2016-7042)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
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-3129-2: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
