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Ubuntu 11.04 USN-1356-1 Critical: OMAP4 Kernel Security Issues

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Calendar Grey February 7, 2012
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Tackling various security vulnerabilities in Linux kernel patches for Ubuntu 11.04 concerning OMAP4 hardware.
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:

A flaw was discovered in the XFS filesystem. If a local user mounts a

specially crafted XFS image it could potential execute arbitrary code on

the system. (CVE-2012-0038)

Chen Haogang discovered an integer overflow that could result in memory

corruption. A local unprivileged user could use this to crash the system.

(CVE-2012-0044)

A flaw was found in the linux kernels IPv4 IGMP query processing. A remote

attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-0207)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical memory corruption kernel flaw ubuntu linux-ti-omap4

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.04:
  linux-image-2.6.38-1209-omap4   2.6.38-1209.21

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1356-1

CVE-2012-0038, CVE-2012-0044, CVE-2012-0207

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February 06, 2012

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical memory corruption kernel flaw ubuntu linux-ti-omap4

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/2.6.38-1209.21

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