USN-1725-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
14 February 2013
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Releases
Packages
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
Andrew Cooper of Citrix reported a Xen stack corruption in the Linux
kernel. An unprivileged user in a 32bit PVOPS guest can cause the guest
kernel to crash, or operate erroneously.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 10.04
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc-smp
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-ia64
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-lpia
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-preempt
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-sparc64-smp
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-virtual
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-sparc64
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic-pae
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-server
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-386
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc64-smp
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2.6.32-45.103
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linux-image-2.6.32-45-versatile
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2.6.32-45.103
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-1767-1: linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-39-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-39-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-39-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-39-omap, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-39-powerpc64-smp
- USN-1719-1: linux-image-3.0.0-31-server, linux-lts-backport-oneiric, linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-31-virtual, linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic-pae
- USN-1769-1: linux-image-3.5.0-26-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-26-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-26-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-26-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic, linux
- USN-1728-1: linux-image-2.6.32-350-ec2, linux-ec2
- USN-1774-1: linux-image-3.5.0-221-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-1768-1: linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic, linux-lts-quantal
- USN-1720-1: linux-image-3.0.0-31-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-31-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-31-server, linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-31-powerpc, linux-image-3.0.0-31-omap, linux-image-3.0.0-31-virtual, linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic-pae, linux