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USN-1146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

9 June 2011

Multiple flaws fixed in the Linux kernel.

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Kees Cook discovered that some ethtool functions did not correctly clear
heap memory. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges could exploit
this to read portions of kernel heap memory, leading to a loss of privacy.
(CVE-2010-4655)

Kees Cook discovered that the IOWarrior USB device driver did not correctly
check certain size fields. A local attacker with physical access could plug
in a specially crafted USB device to crash the system or potentially gain
root privileges. (CVE-2010-4656)

Goldwyn Rodrigues discovered that the OCFS2 filesystem did not correctly
clear memory when writing certain file holes. A local attacker could
exploit this to read uninitialized data from the disk, leading to a loss of
privacy. (CVE-2011-0463)

Jens Kuehnel discovered that the InfiniBand driver contained a race
condition. On systems using InfiniBand, a local attacker could send
specially crafted requests to crash the system, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2011-0695)

Rafael Dominguez Vega discovered that the caiaq Native Instruments USB
driver did not correctly validate string lengths. A local attacker with
physical access could plug in a specially crafted USB device to crash the
system or potentially gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-0712)

Timo Warns discovered that LDM partition parsing routines did not correctly
calculate block counts. A local attacker with physical access could plug in
a specially crafted block device to crash the system, leading to a denial
of service. (CVE-2011-1012)

Timo Warns discovered that the LDM disk partition handling code did not
correctly handle certain values. By inserting a specially crafted disk
device, a local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges.
(CVE-2011-1017)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that the pidmap function did not correctly handle
large requests. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1593)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-1164-1: linux-image-2.6.31-609-imx51, linux-fsl-imx51
  • USN-1202-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-2.6.35-903-omap4
  • USN-1083-1: linux-image-2.6.35-25-virtual, linux-lts-backport-maverick, linux-image-2.6.35-25-server, linux-image-2.6.35-25-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.35-25-generic
  • USN-1041-1: linux-image-2.6.32-27-lpia, linux-image-2.6.31-22-lpia, linux-image-2.6.31-22-sparc64, linux-image-2.6.32-27-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.35-24-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.31-22-virtual, linux-image-2.6.31-22-386, linux-image-2.6.31-22-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-27-386, linux-image-2.6.31-307-ec2, linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.35-24-omap, linux-image-2.6.35-24-powerpc64-smp, linux, linux-image-2.6.31-22-server, linux-image-2.6.31-22-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.31-22-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.32-27-ia64, linux-image-2.6.31-22-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic, linux-image-2.6.31-22-ia64, linux-image-2.6.32-27-virtual, linux-image-2.6.35-24-versatile, linux-image-2.6.35-24-virtual, linux-image-2.6.31-22-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.32-27-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.35-24-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-27-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-27-preempt, linux-image-2.6.32-27-server, linux-image-2.6.32-27-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.35-24-server, linux-image-2.6.32-311-ec2, linux-image-2.6.31-22-generic, linux-image-2.6.32-27-generic, linux-image-2.6.32-27-versatile, linux-image-2.6.32-27-sparc64, linux-ec2, linux-image-2.6.32-27-powerpc
  • USN-1093-1: linux-image-2.6.32-216-dove, linux-mvl-dove, linux-image-2.6.32-416-dove
  • USN-1160-1: linux-image-2.6.35-30-generic, linux-image-2.6.35-30-virtual, linux-image-2.6.35-30-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.35-30-omap, linux-image-2.6.35-30-versatile, linux, linux-image-2.6.35-30-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.35-30-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.35-30-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.35-30-server
  • USN-1141-1: linux-image-2.6.32-32-ia64, linux-image-2.6.32-32-386, linux-image-2.6.32-32-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.32-32-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-32-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.32-316-ec2, linux-image-2.6.32-32-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-32-preempt, linux-image-2.6.32-32-versatile, linux-image-2.6.32-32-virtual, linux-image-2.6.32-32-powerpc-smp, linux, linux-image-2.6.32-32-generic, linux-image-2.6.32-32-server, linux-image-2.6.32-32-sparc64, linux-ec2, linux-image-2.6.32-32-lpia
  • USN-1187-1: linux-lts-backport-maverick, linux-image-2.6.35-30-generic, linux-image-2.6.35-30-virtual, linux-image-2.6.35-30-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.35-30-server
  • USN-1162-1: linux-mvl-dove, linux-image-2.6.32-217-dove
  • USN-1167-1: linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic, linux-image-2.6.38-10-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.38-10-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.38-10-server, linux, linux-image-2.6.38-10-virtual, linux-image-2.6.38-10-versatile, linux-image-2.6.38-10-omap, linux-image-2.6.38-10-powerpc-smp
  • USN-1212-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-2.6.38-1209-omap4
  • USN-1159-1: linux-mvl-dove, linux-image-2.6.32-417-dove
  • USN-1111-1: linux-image-2.6.15-57-mckinley-smp, linux-image-2.6.15-57-hppa64, linux-image-2.6.15-57-server-bigiron, linux-image-2.6.15-57-amd64-k8, linux-image-2.6.15-57-686, linux-image-2.6.15-57-server, linux-image-2.6.15-57-amd64-xeon, linux-image-2.6.15-57-sparc64, linux-image-2.6.15-57-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.15-57-itanium-smp, linux-image-2.6.15-57-k7, linux-image-2.6.15-57-mckinley, linux-image-2.6.15-57-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.15-57-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.15-57-amd64-server, linux-image-2.6.15-57-386, linux-image-2.6.15-57-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.15-57-amd64-generic, linux-image-2.6.15-57-itanium, linux-image-2.6.15-57-hppa32-smp, linux-source-2.6.15, linux-image-2.6.15-57-hppa64-smp, linux-image-2.6.15-57-hppa32
  • USN-1204-1: linux-image-2.6.31-610-imx51, linux-fsl-imx51
  • USN-1168-1: linux-image-2.6.32-33-preempt, linux-image-2.6.32-33-386, linux-image-2.6.32-33-generic, linux-image-2.6.32-33-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.32-33-server, linux-image-2.6.32-33-lpia, linux-image-2.6.32-33-versatile, linux-image-2.6.32-33-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-33-virtual, linux, linux-image-2.6.32-33-ia64, linux-image-2.6.32-33-sparc64, linux-image-2.6.32-33-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-33-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.32-33-powerpc64-smp
  • USN-1161-1: linux-image-2.6.32-317-ec2, linux-ec2

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