{"id":8030,"date":"2016-06-10T15:34:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T06:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-2996-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities\/"},"modified":"2016-06-10T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T06:34:20","slug":"usn-2996-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-2996-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"USN-2996-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USN-2996-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities<\/p>\n<h2>Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2996-1<\/h2>\n<p><em>9th June, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>linux vulnerabilities<\/h3>\n<p>A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its<br \/>\n    derivatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu 12.04 LTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Software description<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>linux<br \/>\n    &#8211; Linux kernel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Details<\/h3>\n<p>Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap()<br \/>handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a<br \/>recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to<br \/>cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code<br \/>with administrative privileges. (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-1583\">CVE-2016-1583<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB sound subsystem in the Linux kernel<br \/>did not properly validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with physical<br \/>access could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).<br \/>(<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2184\">CVE-2016-2184<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ATI Wonder Remote II USB driver in the<br \/>Linux kernel did not properly validate USB device descriptors. An attacker<br \/>with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system<br \/>crash). (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2185\">CVE-2016-2185<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the PowerMate USB driver in the Linux<br \/>kernel did not properly validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with<br \/>physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).<br \/>(<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2186\">CVE-2016-2186<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Linux kernel&#039;s GTCO digitizer USB<br \/>device driver did not properly validate endpoint descriptors. An attacker<br \/>with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system<br \/>crash). (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2187\">CVE-2016-2187<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the I\/O-Warrior USB device driver in the<br \/>Linux kernel did not properly validate USB device descriptors. An attacker<br \/>with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system<br \/>crash). (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2188\">CVE-2016-2188<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Sergej Schumilo, Hendrik Schwartke, and Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the<br \/>MCT USB RS232 Converter device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly<br \/>validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with physical access could use<br \/>this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3136\">CVE-2016-3136<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Sergej Schumilo, Hendrik Schwartke, and Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the<br \/>Cypress M8 USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate<br \/>USB device descriptors. An attacker with physical access could use this to<br \/>cause a denial of service (system crash). (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3137\">CVE-2016-3137<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Sergej Schumilo, Hendrik Schwartke, and Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the<br \/>USB abstract device control driver for modems and ISDN adapters did not<br \/>validate endpoint descriptors. An attacker with physical access could use<br \/>this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3138\">CVE-2016-3138<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Sergej Schumilo, Hendrik Schwartke, and Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the<br \/>Linux kernel&#039;s USB driver for Digi AccelePort serial converters did not<br \/>properly validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with physical access<br \/>could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3140\">CVE-2016-3140<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not<br \/>perform the destruction of inet device objects properly. An attacker in a<br \/>guest OS could use this to cause a denial of service (networking outage) in<br \/>the host OS. (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3156\">CVE-2016-3156<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly context-<br \/>switch IOPL on 64-bit PV Xen guests. An attacker in a guest OS could use<br \/>this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash), gain privileges, or<br \/>obtain sensitive information. (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3157\">CVE-2016-3157<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Hector Marco and Ismael Ripoll discovered that the Linux kernel would<br \/>improperly disable Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) for x86<br \/>processes running in 32 bit mode if stack-consumption resource limits were<br \/>disabled. A local attacker could use this to make it easier to exploit an<br \/>existing vulnerability in a setuid\/setgid program. (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3672\">CVE-2016-3672<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write could occur when handling<br \/>incoming packets in the USB\/IP implementation in the Linux kernel. A remote<br \/>attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or<br \/>possibly execute arbitrary code. (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3955\">CVE-2016-3955<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the ANSI\/IEEE 802.2 LLC type 2<br \/>Support implementations in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use<br \/>this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.<br \/>(<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-4485\">CVE-2016-4485<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the routing netlink socket<br \/>interface (rtnetlink) implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker<br \/>could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel<br \/>memory. (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-4486\">CVE-2016-4486<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3>Update instructions<\/h3>\n<p> The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following<br \/>\npackage version:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\">linux-image-3.2.0-104-omap<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\/3.2.0-104.145\">3.2.0-104.145<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\">linux-image-3.2.0-104-powerpc-smp<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\/3.2.0-104.145\">3.2.0-104.145<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\">linux-image-3.2.0-104-generic-pae<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\/3.2.0-104.145\">3.2.0-104.145<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\">linux-image-3.2.0-104-generic<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\/3.2.0-104.145\">3.2.0-104.145<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\">linux-image-3.2.0-104-virtual<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\/3.2.0-104.145\">3.2.0-104.145<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\">linux-image-3.2.0-104-highbank<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\/3.2.0-104.145\">3.2.0-104.145<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\">linux-image-3.2.0-104-powerpc64-smp<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/linux\/3.2.0-104.145\">3.2.0-104.145<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>To update your system, please follow these instructions:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades\">https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make<br \/>all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n<p>ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have<br \/>been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and<br \/>reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed.<br \/>Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages<br \/>(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,<br \/>linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform<br \/>this as well.<\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-1583\">CVE-2016-1583<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2184\">CVE-2016-2184<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2185\">CVE-2016-2185<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2186\">CVE-2016-2186<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2187\">CVE-2016-2187<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-2188\">CVE-2016-2188<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3136\">CVE-2016-3136<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3137\">CVE-2016-3137<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3138\">CVE-2016-3138<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3140\">CVE-2016-3140<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3156\">CVE-2016-3156<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3157\">CVE-2016-3157<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3672\">CVE-2016-3672<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-3955\">CVE-2016-3955<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-4485\">CVE-2016-4485<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-4486\">CVE-2016-4486<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/usn\/usn-2996-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">USN-2996-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>USN-2996-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2996-1 9th June, 2016 linux vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. Software description linux &#8211; Linux kernel Details Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap()handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing arecursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use tocause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary codewith administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the USB sound subsystem in the Linux kerneldid not properly validate USB device descriptors. An attacker with physicalaccess could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).(CVE-2016-2184) Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ATI Wonder Remote II USB driver in theLinux kernel did not properly <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-2996-1-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities\/\" title=\"USN-2996-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities\">[ more&#8230; ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-8030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8031,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030\/revisions\/8031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}