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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS USN-1728-1 Critical: Linux-EC2 Crash Issue

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1728-1 announces a critical linux-ec2 flaw that can cause unexpected system failures in specific scenarios.
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:

- linux-ec2: Linux kernel for EC2

Details:

Andrew Cooper of Citrix reported a Xen stack corruption in the Linux

kernel. An unprivileged user in a 32bit PVOPS guest can cause the guest

kernel to crash, or operate erroneously.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical ubuntu system crash linux kernel linux-ec2 xen corruption

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.32-350-ec2      2.6.32-350.60

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1728-1

CVE-2013-0190

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February 19, 2013

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security advisory critical ubuntu system crash linux kernel linux-ec2 xen corruption

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/2.6.32-350.60

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