USN-2269-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerability
5 July 2014
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Releases
Packages
- linux-lts-quantal - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Quantal
Details
Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw with the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall on
x86_64 processors. An attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (System Crash) or potential gain administrative privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-2270-1: linux-image-3.8.0-42-generic, linux-lts-raring
- USN-2274-1: linux-image-extra-3.13.0-30-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.13.0-30-lowlatency, linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc64-smp, linux, linux-image-3.13.0-30-powerpc-e500
- USN-2266-1: linux-image-2.6.32-62-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.32-62-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-62-lpia, linux-image-2.6.32-62-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-62-virtual, linux-image-2.6.32-62-server, linux-image-2.6.32-62-386, linux-image-2.6.32-62-versatile, linux-image-2.6.32-62-generic, linux-image-2.6.32-62-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.32-62-ia64, linux-image-2.6.32-62-sparc64, linux, linux-image-2.6.32-62-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-62-preempt
- USN-2271-1: linux-image-3.11.0-24-generic, linux-image-3.11.0-24-generic-lpae, linux-lts-saucy
- USN-2272-1: linux-lts-trusty, linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic
- USN-2267-1: linux-image-2.6.32-366-ec2, linux-ec2
- USN-2273-1: linux-image-3.11.0-24-generic, linux, linux-image-3.11.0-24-generic-lpae
- USN-2268-1: linux-image-3.2.0-65-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-65-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-65-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-65-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-65-powerpc-smp, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-65-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-65-omap
- USN-2284-1: linux-image-3.2.0-1451-omap4, linux-ti-omap4