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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-2998-1 Critical: Kernel Security Issues

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2016
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2999-1 highlights significant vulnerabilities in the kernel and recommends prompt updates for secure environments.
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:

- linux-lts-trusty: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise

Details:

Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux

kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use

this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.

(CVE-2016-2117)

Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap()

handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a

recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to

cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code

with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583)

Jason A. Donenfeld discovered multiple out-of-bounds reads in the OZMO USB

over wifi device drivers in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use

this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain potentially

sensitive infor...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service information leak kernel fix system update ubuntu

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.13.0-88-generic   3.13.0-88.135~precise1
  linux-image-3.13.0-88-generic-lpae  3.13.0-88.135~precise1

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-2998-1

CVE-2015-4004, CVE-2016-1583, CVE-2016-2069, CVE-2016-2117,

CVE-2016-2187, CVE-2016-3672, CVE-2016-3951, CVE-2016-3955,

CVE-2016-4485, CVE-2016-4486, CVE-2016-4581

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security advisory denial of service information leak kernel fix system update ubuntu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-trusty/3.13.0-88.135~precise1

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