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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2314-1 Critical Kernel Crash Threat

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The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2314-1
August 13, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing
certain syscalls. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain
potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a
denial of service (OOPS).

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.13.0-33-generic   3.13.0-33.58
  linux-image-3.13.0-33-generic-lpae  3.13.0-33.58
  linux-image-3.13.0-33-lowlatency  3.13.0-33.58
  linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-e500  3.13.0-33.58
  linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-e500mc  3.13.0-33.58
  linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-smp  3.13.0-33.58
  linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc64-emb  3.13.0-33.58
  linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc64-smp  3.13.0-33.58

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-2314-1
  CVE-2014-3917

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-33.58


Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2314-1 Critical Kernel Crash Threat

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Keep abreast of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS kernel security notice USN-2314-1 regarding system instability issues and potential vulnerabilities.
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: linux-image-3.13.0-33-generic 3.13.0-33.58 linux-image-3.13.0-33-generic-lpae 3.13.0-33.58 linux-image-3.13.0-33-lowlatency 3.13.0-33.58 linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-e500 3.13.0-33.58 linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0-33.58 linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-smp 3.13.0-33.58 linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc64-emb 3.13.0-33.58 linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0-33.58 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-2314-1

CVE-2014-3917

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August 13, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-33.58

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