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Ubuntu 16.10: USN-3129-1 Critical: linux buffer overflow

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2016
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Uncover the flaw in Ubuntu 16.10's kernel that causes system instability under certain circumstances and learn how to apply necessary updates.
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:

- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernel

contained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the

/proc/keys interface. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of

service (system crash).

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
  linux-image-4.8.0-27-generic    4.8.0-27.29
  linux-image-4.8.0-27-generic-lpae  4.8.0-27.29
  linux-image-4.8.0-27-lowlatency  4.8.0-27.29
  linux-image-4.8.0-27-powerpc-e500mc  4.8.0-27.29
  linux-image-4.8.0-27-powerpc-smp  4.8.0-27.29
  linux-image-4.8.0-27-powerpc64-emb  4.8.0-27.29
  linux-image-generic             4.8.0.27.36
  linux-image-generic-lpae        4.8.0.27.36
  linux-image-lowlatency          4.8.0.27.36
  linux-image-powerpc-e500mc      4.8.0.27.36
  linux-image-powerpc-smp         4.8.0.27.36
  linux-image-powerpc64-emb       4.8.0.27.36
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp       4.8.0.27.36
  linux-image-virtual             4.8.0.27.36

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-3129-1

CVE-2016-7042

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November 11, 2016

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security advisory denial of service buffer overflow critical ubuntu system crash linux kernel

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.8.0-27.29

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