USN-2678-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
23 July 2015
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Releases
Packages
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
A flaw was discovered in the user space memory copying for the pipe iovecs
in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to
cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their
privileges. (CVE-2015-1805)
Daniel Borkmann reported a kernel crash in the Linux kernel's BPF filter
JIT optimization. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4700)
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-3.2.0-88-generic-pae
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3.2.0-88.126
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linux-image-3.2.0-88-powerpc64-smp
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3.2.0-88.126
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linux-image-3.2.0-88-virtual
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3.2.0-88.126
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linux-image-3.2.0-88-omap
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3.2.0-88.126
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linux-image-3.2.0-88-generic
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3.2.0-88.126
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linux-image-3.2.0-88-powerpc-smp
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3.2.0-88.126
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linux-image-3.2.0-88-highbank
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3.2.0-88.126
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-2679-1: linux-image-3.2.0-1468-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
- USN-2681-1: linux-image-3.13.0-58-lowlatency, linux-image-3.13.0-58-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-58-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-extra-3.13.0-58-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-58-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.13.0-58-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-58-powerpc-e500mc, linux, linux-image-3.13.0-58-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-58-powerpc-e500
- USN-2680-1: linux-image-3.13.0-58-generic, linux-lts-trusty, linux-image-3.13.0-58-generic-lpae
- USN-2666-1: linux-image-3.16.0-43-lowlatency, linux-image-3.16.0-43-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.16.0-43-generic, linux-image-3.16.0-43-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-3.16.0-43-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.16.0-43-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.16.0-43-generic-lpae, linux
- USN-2684-1: linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic, linux-image-3.19.0-23-lowlatency, linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-emb, linux, linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-smp
- USN-2683-1: linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic, linux-image-3.19.0-23-lowlatency, linux-image-extra-3.19.0-23-generic, linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.19.0-23-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc64-emb, linux-lts-vivid, linux-image-3.19.0-23-powerpc-smp
- USN-2664-1: linux-image-3.16.0-43-lowlatency, linux-image-3.16.0-43-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.16.0-43-generic, linux-image-3.16.0-43-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-3.16.0-43-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.16.0-43-powerpc64-smp, linux-lts-utopic, linux-image-extra-3.16.0-43-generic, linux-image-3.16.0-43-generic-lpae