=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3145-1
November 30, 2016

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

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. (CVE-2016-7425)

Daxing Guo discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the Broadcom
IEEE802.11n FullMAC driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain
privileges. (CVE-2016-8658)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.13.0-103-generic  3.13.0-103.150
  linux-image-3.13.0-103-generic-lpae  3.13.0-103.150
  linux-image-3.13.0-103-lowlatency  3.13.0-103.150
  linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc-e500  3.13.0-103.150
  linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc-e500mc  3.13.0-103.150
  linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc-smp  3.13.0-103.150
  linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc64-emb  3.13.0-103.150
  linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc64-smp  3.13.0-103.150
  linux-image-generic             3.13.0.103.111
  linux-image-generic-lpae        3.13.0.103.111
  linux-image-lowlatency          3.13.0.103.111
  linux-image-omap                3.13.0.103.111
  linux-image-powerpc-e500mc      3.13.0.103.111
  linux-image-powerpc-smp         3.13.0.103.111
  linux-image-powerpc64-emb       3.13.0.103.111
  linux-image-powerpc64-smp       3.13.0.103.111

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-3145-1
  CVE-2016-7425, CVE-2016-8658

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-103.150

Ubuntu 3145-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

November 30, 2016
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: linux-image-3.13.0-103-generic 3.13.0-103.150 linux-image-3.13.0-103-generic-lpae 3.13.0-103.150 linux-image-3.13.0-103-lowlatency 3.13.0-103.150 linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc-e500 3.13.0-103.150 linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0-103.150 linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc-smp 3.13.0-103.150 linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc64-emb 3.13.0-103.150 linux-image-3.13.0-103-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0-103.150 linux-image-generic 3.13.0.103.111 linux-image-generic-lpae 3.13.0.103.111 linux-image-lowlatency 3.13.0.103.111 linux-image-omap 3.13.0.103.111 linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0.103.111 linux-image-powerpc-smp 3.13.0.103.111 linux-image-powerpc64-emb 3.13.0.103.111 linux-image-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0.103.111 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-3145-1

CVE-2016-7425, CVE-2016-8658

Severity
November 30, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-103.150

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