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Ubuntu 11.10 USN-1330-1 Critical: Linux Kernel OMAP4 Threats

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Calendar Grey January 13, 2012
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Multiple kernel vulnerabilities addressed in Ubuntu 11.10 that may result in service interruption or elevation of privileges.
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:

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS filesystem. A local attacker

could exploit this to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2011-2203)

A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A local

attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of

service, or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4077)

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel handles user-defined key types. An

unprivileged local user could exploit this to crash the system.

(CVE-2011-4110)

A flaw was found in the Journaling Block Device (JBD). A local attacker

able to mount ext3 or ext4 file systems could exploit this to crash the

system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4132)

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS file system bounds checking.

When a malformed HFS file system is mounted a local user could crash the

system or ...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu kernel bug linux-ti-omap4

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    3.0.0-1206.15

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1330-1

CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4110, CVE-2011-4132,

CVE-2011-4330

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January 13, 2012

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu kernel bug linux-ti-omap4

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.0.0-1206.15

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