USN-3150-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3150-1
5th December, 2016
linux vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Software description
- linux
– Linux kernel
Details
Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the af_packet
implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or run arbitrary code with
administrative privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
linux-image-3.2.0-118-powerpc-smp
3.2.0-118.161
-
linux-image-powerpc-smp
3.2.0.118.133
-
linux-image-3.2.0-118-highbank
3.2.0-118.161
-
linux-image-3.2.0-118-powerpc64-smp
3.2.0-118.161
-
linux-image-3.2.0-118-virtual
3.2.0-118.161
-
linux-image-3.2.0-118-generic-pae
3.2.0-118.161
-
linux-image-3.2.0-118-generic
3.2.0-118.161
-
linux-image-generic-pae
3.2.0.118.133
-
linux-image-highbank
3.2.0.118.133
-
linux-image-3.2.0-118-omap
3.2.0-118.161
-
linux-image-virtual
3.2.0.118.133
-
linux-image-powerpc64-smp
3.2.0.118.133
-
linux-image-generic
3.2.0.118.133
-
linux-image-omap
3.2.0.118.133
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-3150-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
