USN-2733-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability
3 September 2015
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Releases
Packages
- linux-lts-trusty - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty
Details
It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI
generic (sg) driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with write
permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges.
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-3.13.0-63-generic
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3.13.0-63.104~precise1
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linux-image-3.13.0-63-generic-lpae
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3.13.0-63.104~precise1
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-2734-1: linux-image-3.13.0-63-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-63-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-63-generic-lpae, linux, linux-image-3.13.0-63-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-extra-3.13.0-63-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-63-powerpc-e500, linux-image-3.13.0-63-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-3.13.0-63-lowlatency, linux-image-3.13.0-63-generic
- USN-2750-1: linux-image-3.16.0-50-generic, linux-image-3.16.0-50-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.16.0-50-powerpc-smp, linux-image-extra-3.16.0-50-generic, linux-lts-utopic, linux-image-3.16.0-50-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.16.0-50-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-3.16.0-50-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.16.0-50-lowlatency
- USN-2759-1: linux-image-3.2.0-91-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-91-generic-pae, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-91-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-91-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-91-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-91-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-91-powerpc-smp
- USN-2760-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.2.0-1471-omap4
- USN-2737-1: linux-image-3.19.0-28-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.19.0-28-generic, linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-extra-3.19.0-28-generic, linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc-smp, linux-lts-vivid, linux-image-3.19.0-28-lowlatency
- USN-2738-1: linux-image-3.19.0-28-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.19.0-28-generic, linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc64-emb, linux, linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.19.0-28-lowlatency