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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2048-1 Critical: Kernel Vulnerability Patch

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2013
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Upgrade your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installation to rectify a vulnerability in the kernel that could lead to unauthorized data access by local users.
The system could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

The system could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's fanotify

interface. A local user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive

information from kernel memory.

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic    3.2.0-52.78
  linux-image-3.2.0-52-generic-pae  3.2.0-52.78
  linux-image-3.2.0-52-highbank   3.2.0-52.78
  linux-image-3.2.0-52-omap       3.2.0-52.78
  linux-image-3.2.0-52-powerpc-smp  3.2.0-52.78
  linux-image-3.2.0-52-powerpc64-smp  3.2.0-52.78
  linux-image-3.2.0-52-virtual    3.2.0-52.78

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-1929-1

CVE-2013-2148

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August 20, 2013

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