USN-3256-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3256-1
4th April, 2017
linux, linux-aws, linux-gke, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon, linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software description
- linux
– Linux kernel - linux-aws
– Linux kernel for Amazon Web Services (AWS) systems - linux-gke
– Linux kernel for Google Container Engine (GKE) systems - linux-raspi2
– Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi 2 - linux-snapdragon
– Linux kernel for Snapdragon Processors - linux-ti-omap4
– Linux kernel for OMAP4
Details
Andrey Konovalov discovered that the AF_PACKET implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.10:
- linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.8.0.46.58
- linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.8.0.46.58
- linux-image-generic 4.8.0.46.58
-
linux-image-4.8.0-46-lowlatency
4.8.0-46.49
-
linux-image-4.8.0-46-generic-lpae
4.8.0-46.49
-
linux-image-4.8.0-46-powerpc-smp
4.8.0-46.49
-
linux-image-4.8.0-1033-raspi2
4.8.0-1033.36
-
linux-image-4.8.0-46-powerpc-e500mc
4.8.0-46.49
- linux-image-generic-lpae 4.8.0.46.58
-
linux-image-4.8.0-46-powerpc64-emb
4.8.0-46.49
-
linux-image-4.8.0-46-generic
4.8.0-46.49
- linux-image-lowlatency 4.8.0.46.58
- linux-image-raspi2 4.8.0.1033.37
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp 4.8.0.46.58
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
- linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.4.0.72.78
-
linux-image-4.4.0-72-lowlatency
4.4.0-72.93
-
linux-image-4.4.0-72-powerpc-smp
4.4.0-72.93
-
linux-image-4.4.0-72-powerpc-e500mc
4.4.0-72.93
-
linux-image-4.4.0-1055-snapdragon
4.4.0-1055.59
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-utopic 4.4.0.72.78
-
linux-image-4.4.0-72-generic
4.4.0-72.93
-
linux-image-4.4.0-72-generic-lpae
4.4.0-72.93
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial 4.4.0.72.78
-
linux-image-4.4.0-72-powerpc64-smp
4.4.0-72.93
- linux-image-gke 4.4.0.1010.12
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-vivid 4.4.0.72.78
- linux-image-generic 4.4.0.72.78
- linux-image-snapdragon 4.4.0.1055.48
- linux-image-aws 4.4.0.1013.16
- linux-image-raspi2 4.4.0.1052.53
- linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.4.0.72.78
-
linux-image-4.4.0-1052-raspi2
4.4.0-1052.59
- linux-image-generic-lpae 4.4.0.72.78
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-wily 4.4.0.72.78
-
linux-image-4.4.0-1013-aws
4.4.0-1013.22
-
linux-image-4.4.0-1010-gke
4.4.0-1010.10
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp 4.4.0.72.78
- linux-image-lowlatency 4.4.0.72.78
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
linux-image-powerpc-smp
3.13.0.116.126
-
linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
3.13.0.116.126
-
linux-image-generic
3.13.0.116.126
-
linux-image-generic-lpae
3.13.0.116.126
-
linux-image-3.13.0-116-powerpc64-smp
3.13.0-116.163
-
linux-image-3.13.0-116-powerpc-e500mc
3.13.0-116.163
-
linux-image-3.13.0-116-lowlatency
3.13.0-116.163
-
linux-image-powerpc-e500
3.13.0.116.126
-
linux-image-3.13.0-116-generic
3.13.0-116.163
-
linux-image-3.13.0-116-powerpc-e500
3.13.0-116.163
-
linux-image-3.13.0-116-powerpc-smp
3.13.0-116.163
-
linux-image-powerpc64-smp
3.13.0.116.126
-
linux-image-lowlatency
3.13.0.116.126
-
linux-image-3.13.0-116-generic-lpae
3.13.0-116.163
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
linux-image-3.2.0-126-virtual
3.2.0-126.169
-
linux-image-3.2.0-126-highbank
3.2.0-126.169
-
linux-image-3.2.0-1504-omap4
3.2.0-1504.131
-
linux-image-3.2.0-126-generic-pae
3.2.0-126.169
- linux-image-powerpc-smp 3.2.0.126.141
- linux-image-generic 3.2.0.126.141
-
linux-image-3.2.0-126-omap
3.2.0-126.169
-
linux-image-3.2.0-126-generic
3.2.0-126.169
- linux-image-generic-pae 3.2.0.126.141
- linux-image-highbank 3.2.0.126.141
-
linux-image-3.2.0-126-powerpc64-smp
3.2.0-126.169
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp 3.2.0.126.141
- linux-image-omap4 3.2.0.1504.99
-
linux-image-3.2.0-126-powerpc-smp
3.2.0-126.169
- linux-image-omap 3.2.0.126.141
- linux-image-virtual 3.2.0.126.141
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.
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