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The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software Description:
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4
Details:
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of new hot plugged
memory. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service by crashing the system.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-1423-omap4 3.2.0-1423.30 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.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1670-1
CVE-2012-5517
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