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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2947-2 Critical: Linux Kernel Flaws

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Calendar Grey April 6, 2016
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Patches for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS fix significant vulnerabilities in the linux-lts-vivid kernel. Keep your system protected.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-lts-wily: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Wily for Trusty

Details:

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the usbvision driver in the Linux kernel

did not properly sanity check the interfaces and endpoints reported by the

device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service

(system crash). (CVE-2015-7833)

Venkatesh Pottem discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux

kernel's CXGB3 driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of

service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8812)

Xiaofei Rex Guo discovered a timing side channel vulnerability in the Linux

Extended Verification Module (EVM). An attacker could use this to affect

system integrity. (CVE-2016-2085)

It was discovered that the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF)

implementation in the Linux kernel did not correctly compute branch offsets

for backward jumps after ctx expansi...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical linux-lts-wily kernel flaws

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.2.0-35-generic    4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.2.0-35-generic-lpae  4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.2.0-35-lowlatency  4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.2.0-35-powerpc-e500mc  4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.2.0-35-powerpc-smp  4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.2.0-35-powerpc64-emb  4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1
  linux-image-4.2.0-35-powerpc64-smp  4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1

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-2947-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2947-1

CVE-2015-7833, CVE-2015-8812, CVE-2016-2085, CVE-2016-2383,

CVE-2016-2550, CVE-2016-2847

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April 06, 2016

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security advisory denial of service critical linux-lts-wily kernel flaws

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-wily/4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1

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