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Ubuntu 15.04: USN-2842-1 Critical: Kernel DoS Threat Overview

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Several kernel vulnerabilities identified in Ubuntu result in system instability; address these through updates as outlined in the notice.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Jan Beulich discovered that the KVM svm hypervisor implementation in the

Linux kernel did not properly catch Debug exceptions on AMD processors. An

attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of

service (system crash) in the host OS. (CVE-2015-8104)

郭永刚 discovered that the ppp implementation in the Linux kernel did

not ensure that certain slot numbers are valid. A local attacker with the

privilege to call ioctl() on /dev/ppp could cause a denial of service

(system crash). (CVE-2015-7799)

It was discovered that the virtual video osd test driver in the Linux

kernel did not properly initialize data structures. A local attacker could

use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel. (CVE-2015-7884)

It was discovered that the driver for Digi Neo and ClassicBoard devices did

not properly initialize data structures. A lo...

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  linux-image-3.19.0-41-generic   3.19.0-41.46
  linux-image-3.19.0-41-generic-lpae  3.19.0-41.46
  linux-image-3.19.0-41-lowlatency  3.19.0-41.46
  linux-image-3.19.0-41-powerpc-e500mc  3.19.0-41.46
  linux-image-3.19.0-41-powerpc-smp  3.19.0-41.46
  linux-image-3.19.0-41-powerpc64-emb  3.19.0-41.46
  linux-image-3.19.0-41-powerpc64-smp  3.19.0-41.46

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-2842-1

CVE-2015-7799, CVE-2015-7884, CVE-2015-7885, CVE-2015-8104

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.19.0-41.46

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