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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-3150-2 Critical Kernel Race Condition DoS Alert

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2016
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS encounters a significant kernel vulnerability that could lead to system instability or unauthorized access. Immediate action required!
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Summary

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:

- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the af_packet

implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use

this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or run arbitrary code with

administrative privileges.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-1496-omap4    3.2.0-1496.123
  linux-image-omap4               3.2.0.1496.91

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-3150-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3150-1

CVE-2016-8655

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December 06, 2016

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1496.123

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