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Ubuntu 15.04 USN-2719-1 Critical: Kernel Denial of Service Risk

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The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2719-1
August 18, 2015

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

- Ubuntu 15.04

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Marcelo Ricardo Leitner discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's
SCTP address configuration lists when using Address Configuration Change
(ASCONF) options on a socket. An unprivileged local user could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  linux-image-3.19.0-26-generic   3.19.0-26.28
  linux-image-3.19.0-26-generic-lpae  3.19.0-26.28
  linux-image-3.19.0-26-lowlatency  3.19.0-26.28
  linux-image-3.19.0-26-powerpc-e500mc  3.19.0-26.28
  linux-image-3.19.0-26-powerpc-smp  3.19.0-26.28
  linux-image-3.19.0-26-powerpc64-emb  3.19.0-26.28
  linux-image-3.19.0-26-powerpc64-smp  3.19.0-26.28

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-2719-1
  CVE-2015-3212

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.19.0-26.28


Ubuntu 15.04 USN-2719-1 Critical: Kernel Denial of Service Risk

ubuntu
Calendar Grey August 18, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover the critical need for the Ubuntu 15.04 kernel patch in light of a vulnerability that leads to system failures and service disruptions.
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 15.04: linux-image-3.19.0-26-generic 3.19.0-26.28 linux-image-3.19.0-26-generic-lpae 3.19.0-26.28 linux-image-3.19.0-26-lowlatency 3.19.0-26.28 linux-image-3.19.0-26-powerpc-e500mc 3.19.0-26.28 linux-image-3.19.0-26-powerpc-smp 3.19.0-26.28 linux-image-3.19.0-26-powerpc64-emb 3.19.0-26.28 linux-image-3.19.0-26-powerpc64-smp 3.19.0-26.28 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-2719-1

CVE-2015-3212

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August 18, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.19.0-26.28

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