USN-3053-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities
10 August 2016
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Releases
Packages
- linux-lts-vivid - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Vivid for Trusty
Details
A missing permission check when settings ACLs was discovered in nfsd. A
local user could exploit this flaw to gain access to any file by setting an
ACL. (CVE-2016-1237)
It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel did
not ensure a data structure was initialized before referencing it after an
error condition occurred. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial
of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-4470)
Sasha Levin discovered that a use-after-free existed in the percpu
allocator in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with
administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-4794)
Kangjie Lu discovered an information leak in the netlink implementation of
the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive
information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-5243)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
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linux-image-3.19.0-66-generic
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3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1
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linux-image-3.19.0-66-generic-lpae
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3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1
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linux-image-3.19.0-66-lowlatency
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3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1
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linux-image-3.19.0-66-powerpc-e500mc
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3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1
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linux-image-3.19.0-66-powerpc-smp
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3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1
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linux-image-3.19.0-66-powerpc64-emb
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3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1
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linux-image-3.19.0-66-powerpc64-smp
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3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1
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.
Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages
(e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual,
linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform
this as well.
References
Related notices
- USN-3070-1: linux-image-4.4.0-36-powerpc-smp, linux-image-4.4.0-36-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic-lpae, linux-image-extra-4.4.0-36-generic, linux, linux-image-4.4.0-36-lowlatency, linux-image-4.4.0-36-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic, linux-image-4.4.0-36-powerpc-e500mc
- USN-3070-2: linux-image-4.4.0-1021-raspi2, linux-raspi2
- USN-3070-3: linux-snapdragon, linux-image-4.4.0-1024-snapdragon
- USN-3070-4: linux-image-4.4.0-36-powerpc-smp, linux-image-4.4.0-36-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic-lpae, linux-image-extra-4.4.0-36-generic, linux-image-4.4.0-36-lowlatency, linux-image-4.4.0-36-powerpc64-emb, linux-lts-xenial, linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic, linux-image-4.4.0-36-powerpc-e500mc
- USN-3052-1: linux-image-3.13.0-93-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-93-generic-lpae, linux, linux-image-3.13.0-93-lowlatency, linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-93-powerpc-e500, linux-image-extra-3.13.0-93-generic
- USN-3057-1: linux-image-4.4.0-1022-snapdragon, linux-snapdragon
- USN-3054-1: linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic, linux-image-4.4.0-34-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic-lpae, linux-image-4.4.0-34-lowlatency, linux-image-4.4.0-34-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-4.4.0-34-powerpc-smp, linux-image-4.4.0-34-powerpc64-emb, linux-lts-xenial, linux-image-extra-4.4.0-34-generic
- USN-3050-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.2.0-1485-omap4
- USN-3056-1: linux-image-4.4.0-1019-raspi2, linux-raspi2
- USN-3051-1: linux-lts-trusty, linux-image-3.13.0-93-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-93-generic-lpae
- USN-3055-1: linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic, linux-image-4.4.0-34-generic-lpae, linux-image-4.4.0-34-lowlatency, linux-image-4.4.0-34-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-4.4.0-34-powerpc64-smp, linux, linux-image-4.4.0-34-powerpc-smp, linux-image-4.4.0-34-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-extra-4.4.0-34-generic
- USN-3049-1: linux-image-3.2.0-107-powerpc64-smp, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-107-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-107-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-107-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-107-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-107-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-107-virtual