=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1391-1
March 07, 2012

linux-mvl-dove vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.10

Summary:

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- linux-mvl-dove: Linux kernel for DOVE

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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.10:
  linux-image-2.6.32-423-dove     2.6.32-423.42

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-1391-1
  CVE-2012-0038

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-mvl-dove/2.6.32-423.42

Ubuntu 1391-1: Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerability

March 7, 2012
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.10: linux-image-2.6.32-423-dove 2.6.32-423.42 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-1391-1

CVE-2012-0038

Severity
March 07, 2012

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-mvl-dove/2.6.32-423.42

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