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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2732-1 Critical OMAP4 Kernel Info Leak

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The system could be made to expose sensitive information.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2732-1
September 03, 2015

linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md (multiple
device) driver when the bitmap_info.file is disabled. A local privileged
attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-1470-omap4    3.2.0-1470.91

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-2732-1
  CVE-2015-5697

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1470.91

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2732-1 Critical OMAP4 Kernel Info Leak

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Calendar Grey September 3, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
The system could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-1470-omap4 3.2.0-1470.91 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-2732-1

CVE-2015-5697

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September 03, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1470.91

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