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Ubuntu 12.10: USN-1918-1 Critical: OMAP4 Driver Crash Risk

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The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1918-1
July 29, 2013

linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.10

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

Kees Cook discovered a format string vulnerability in the Broadcom B43
wireless driver for the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw
to gain administrative privileges.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  linux-image-3.5.0-229-omap4     3.5.0-229.42

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-1918-1
  CVE-2013-2852

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.5.0-229.42


Ubuntu 12.10: USN-1918-1 Critical: OMAP4 Driver Crash Risk

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2013
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
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 12.10: linux-image-3.5.0-229-omap4 3.5.0-229.42 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-1918-1

CVE-2013-2852

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July 29, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.5.0-229.42

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