USN-3151-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3151-3
5th December, 2016
linux-snapdragon vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Software description
- linux-snapdragon
– Linux kernel for Snapdragon Processors
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 16.04 LTS:
-
linux-image-snapdragon
4.4.0.1039.31
-
linux-image-4.4.0-1039-snapdragon
4.4.0-1039.43
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-3151-3: Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerability
