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USN-2196-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

6 May 2014

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

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A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty (pty) device. An
unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or potentially gain administrator privileges.

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References

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  • USN-2197-1: linux-image-2.6.32-363-ec2, linux-ec2
  • USN-2198-1: linux-image-3.2.0-61-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-61-generic-pae, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-61-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-61-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-61-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-61-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-61-powerpc64-smp
  • USN-2260-1: linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic, linux-lts-trusty, linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic-lpae
  • USN-2201-1: linux-image-3.11.0-20-generic-lpae, linux-lts-saucy, linux-image-3.11.0-20-generic
  • USN-2203-1: linux-image-3.11.0-20-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.11.0-20-generic, linux
  • USN-2200-1: linux-image-3.8.0-39-generic, linux-lts-raring
  • USN-2204-1: linux-image-3.13.0-24-powerpc-smp, linux-image-extra-3.13.0-24-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-24-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic, linux, linux-image-3.13.0-24-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.13.0-24-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.13.0-24-lowlatency, linux-image-3.13.0-24-powerpc-e500
  • USN-2199-1: linux-image-3.5.0-49-generic, linux-lts-quantal
  • USN-2227-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.2.0-1446-omap4
  • USN-2202-1: linux-image-3.5.0-49-powerpc-smp, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-49-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-49-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-49-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-49-highbank