=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2928-2 March 14, 2016 linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator by someone with physical access. Software Description: - linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4 Details: Andrey Konovalov discovered that the ALSA USB MIDI driver incorrectly performed a double-free. A local attacker with physical access could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-1479-omap4 3.2.0-1479.105 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. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2928-2 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2928-1 CVE-2016-2384 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1479.105
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-1479-omap4 3.2.0-1479.105 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. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2928-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2928-1
CVE-2016-2384
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1479.105
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