USN-1669-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
18 December 2012
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Releases
Packages
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of new hot-plugged
memory. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service by crashing the system.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
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linux-image-3.2.0-35-omap
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3.2.0-35.55
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linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic
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3.2.0-35.55
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linux-image-3.2.0-35-powerpc-smp
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3.2.0-35.55
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linux-image-3.2.0-35-powerpc64-smp
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3.2.0-35.55
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linux-image-3.2.0-35-virtual
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3.2.0-35.55
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linux-image-3.2.0-35-generic-pae
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3.2.0-35.55
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linux-image-3.2.0-35-highbank
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3.2.0-35.55
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. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.
References
Related notices
- USN-1679-1: linux-image-3.0.0-1219-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-1678-1: linux-image-3.0.0-29-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-29-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-29-server, linux-lts-backport-oneiric, linux-image-3.0.0-29-virtual
- USN-1670-1: linux-image-3.2.0-1423-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-1704-1: linux-image-3.5.0-22-generic, linux-lts-quantal
- USN-1677-1: linux, linux-image-3.0.0-29-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-29-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-29-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-29-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-29-server, linux-image-3.0.0-29-powerpc, linux-image-3.0.0-29-omap, linux-image-3.0.0-29-virtual
- USN-1673-1: linux-image-3.5.0-216-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-1671-1: linux, linux-image-3.5.0-21-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-21-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-21-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-21-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-21-powerpc-smp