=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3159-2 December 20, 2016 linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: The system could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description: - linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4 Details: It was discovered that a race condition existed in the procfs environ_read function in the Linux kernel, leading to an integer underflow. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-1497-omap4 3.2.0-1497.124 linux-image-omap4 3.2.0.1497.92 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-3159-2 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3159-1 CVE-2016-7916 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1497.124
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-1497-omap4 3.2.0-1497.124 linux-image-omap4 3.2.0.1497.92 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.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3159-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3159-1
CVE-2016-7916
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1497.124
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