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Ubuntu 10.10 USN-1280-1 Critical OMAP4 Kernel Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey November 24, 2011
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1280-2 addresses critical kernel vulnerabilities and provides updates for Linux OMAP5.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

It was discovered that CIFS incorrectly handled authentication. When a user

had a CIFS share mounted that required authentication, a local user could

mount the same share without knowing the correct password. (CVE-2011-1585)

Robert Swiecki discovered that mapping extensions were incorrectly handled.

A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a

denial of service. (CVE-2011-2496)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical update instructions linux-ti-omap4 cifs issue

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.10:
  linux-image-2.6.35-903-omap4    2.6.35-903.27

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

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1280-1

CVE-2011-1585, CVE-2011-2496

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November 24, 2011

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security advisory critical update instructions linux-ti-omap4 cifs issue

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/2.6.35-903.27

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