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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: 2511-1 Moderate: Kernel Memory Issues

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Calendar Grey February 26, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Crucial kernel modifications for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS targeting vulnerabilities and enhancing robustness.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's key ring. A local

user could cause a denial of service (memory corruption or panic) or

possibly have unspecified impact via the keyctl commands. (CVE-2014-9529)

A memory leak was discovered in the ISO 9660 CDROM file system when parsing

rock ridge ER records. A local user could exploit this flaw to obtain

sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted iso9660 image.

(CVE-2014-9584)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service memory corruption Ubuntu memory leak kernel

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-386       2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-generic   2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-generic-pae  2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-ia64      2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-lpia      2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-powerpc   2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-powerpc-smp  2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-powerpc64-smp  2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-preempt   2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-server    2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-sparc64   2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-sparc64-smp  2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-versatile  2.6.32-73.140
  linux-image-2.6.32-73-virtual   2.6.32-73.140

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-2511-1

CVE-2014-9529, CVE-2014-9584

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February 26, 2015

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service memory corruption Ubuntu memory leak kernel

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.32-73.140

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