USN-1751-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
27 February 2013
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Releases
Packages
- linux-ti-omap4 - Linux kernel for OMAP4
Details
Mathias Krause discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages
requesting SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.10
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-1749-1: linux-image-3.5.0-25-generic, linux-lts-quantal
- USN-1750-1: linux-image-3.5.0-25-omap, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-25-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-25-highbank