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Ubuntu 11.10 USN-1287-1: Critical OMAP4 Kernel Crash Exploit

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2011
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Ubuntu Security Bulletin USN-1287-1 highlights a critical kernel vulnerability that may result in a system failure when certain criteria are met.
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:

- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

Nick Bowler discovered the kernel GHASH message digest algorithm

incorrectly handled error conditions. A local attacker could exploit this

to cause a kernel oops.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
  linux-image-3.0.0-1206-omap4    3.0.0-1206.13

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1287-1

CVE-2011-4081

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December 05, 2011

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.0.0-1206.13

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