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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2493-1 Critical: OMAP4 Kernel Flaws Report

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Calendar Grey February 4, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various kernel problems in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS identified, particularly impacting OMAP4 devices. Adhere to the provided update guidelines for fixes.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

Andy Lutomirski discovered an information leak in the Linux kernel's Thread

Local Storage (TLS) implementation allowing users to bypass the espfix to

obtain information that could be used to bypass the Address Space Layout

Randomization (ASLR) protection mechanism. A local user could exploit this

flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.

(CVE-2014-8133)

A flaw was discovered with file renaming in the linux kernel. A local user

could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system

hang). (CVE-2014-8559)

Prasad J Pandit reported a flaw in the rock_continue function of the Linux

kernel's ISO 9660 CDROM file system. A local user could exploit this flaw

to cause a denial of service (system crash or hang). (CVE-2014-9420)

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-1459-omap4    3.2.0-1459.79

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

CVE-2014-8133, CVE-2014-8559, CVE-2014-9420

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February 04, 2015

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1459.79

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