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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-3266-2 Moderate: linux-hwe DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey April 25, 2017
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has received an update to rectify a critical security vulnerability concerning the linux-hwe kernel, which could potentially result in system instabilities and crashes.
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Summary

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:

- linux-hwe: Linux hardware enablement (HWE) kernel

Details:

USN-3266-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.10.

This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware

Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Alexander Popov discovered that a race condition existed in the Stream

Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation in the Linux kernel. A

local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu system crash linux-hwe

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.8.0-49-generic    4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.8.0-49-generic-lpae  4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1
  linux-image-4.8.0-49-lowlatency  4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1
  linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04   4.8.0.49.21
  linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04  4.8.0.49.21
  linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04  4.8.0.49.21

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-3266-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3266-1

CVE-2017-5986

April 25, 2017

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Topics Covered

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1

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