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The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software Description:
- linux-mvl-dove: Linux kernel for DOVE
Details:
Louis Rilling discovered a flaw in Linux kernel's clone command when
CLONE_IO is specified. An unprivileged local user could exploit this to
cause a denial of service.
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.
CVE-2012-0879
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