=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3144-1
November 30, 2016

linux vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Marco Grassi discovered that the driver for Areca RAID Controllers in the
Linux kernel did not properly validate control messages. A local attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain
privileges.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-116-generic   3.2.0-116.158
  linux-image-3.2.0-116-generic-pae  3.2.0-116.158
  linux-image-3.2.0-116-highbank  3.2.0-116.158
  linux-image-3.2.0-116-omap      3.2.0-116.158
  linux-image-3.2.0-116-powerpc-smp  3.2.0-116.158
  linux-image-3.2.0-116-powerpc64-smp  3.2.0-116.158
  linux-image-3.2.0-116-virtual   3.2.0-116.158
  linux-image-generic             3.2.0.116.132
  linux-image-generic-pae         3.2.0.116.132
  linux-image-highbank            3.2.0.116.132
  linux-image-omap                3.2.0.116.132
  linux-image-powerpc-smp         3.2.0.116.132
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp       3.2.0.116.132
  linux-image-virtual             3.2.0.116.132

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-3144-1
  CVE-2016-7425

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-116.158

Ubuntu 3144-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

November 30, 2016
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-116-generic 3.2.0-116.158 linux-image-3.2.0-116-generic-pae 3.2.0-116.158 linux-image-3.2.0-116-highbank 3.2.0-116.158 linux-image-3.2.0-116-omap 3.2.0-116.158 linux-image-3.2.0-116-powerpc-smp 3.2.0-116.158 linux-image-3.2.0-116-powerpc64-smp 3.2.0-116.158 linux-image-3.2.0-116-virtual 3.2.0-116.158 linux-image-generic 3.2.0.116.132 linux-image-generic-pae 3.2.0.116.132 linux-image-highbank 3.2.0.116.132 linux-image-omap 3.2.0.116.132 linux-image-powerpc-smp 3.2.0.116.132 linux-image-powerpc64-smp 3.2.0.116.132 linux-image-virtual 3.2.0.116.132 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-3144-1

CVE-2016-7425

Severity
November 30, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-116.158

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