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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-2640-2 Critical: Linux Kernel Crash

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Calendar Grey June 21, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu's USN-3645-1 outlines a critical issue in the Linux core framework leading to instability in certain environments.
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

The Fix for CVE-2015-1328 introduced a regression into the Linux kernel's

overlayfs file system. The removal of a directory that only exists on the

lower layer results in a kernel panic.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Philip Pettersson discovered a privilege escalation when using overlayfs

mounts inside of user namespaces. A local user could exploit this flaw to

gain administrative privileges on the system.

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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-3.2.0-86-generic    3.2.0-86.124
  linux-image-3.2.0-86-generic-pae  3.2.0-86.124
  linux-image-3.2.0-86-highbank   3.2.0-86.124
  linux-image-3.2.0-86-omap       3.2.0-86.124
  linux-image-3.2.0-86-powerpc-smp  3.2.0-86.124
  linux-image-3.2.0-86-powerpc64-smp  3.2.0-86.124
  linux-image-3.2.0-86-virtual    3.2.0-86.124

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2640-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2640-1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1465998

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June 21, 2015

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-86.124

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