=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3443-3
October 11, 2017

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

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux-gcp: Linux kernel for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) systems

Details:

Andrey Konovalov discovered that a divide-by-zero error existed in the TCP
stack implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-14106)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  linux-image-4.10.0-1007-gcp     4.10.0-1007.7
  linux-image-gcp                 4.10.0.1007.9

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-3443-3
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3443-1
  CVE-2017-14106

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/4.10.0-1007.7

Ubuntu 3443-3: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerability

October 11, 2017
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 16.04 LTS: linux-image-4.10.0-1007-gcp 4.10.0-1007.7 linux-image-gcp 4.10.0.1007.9 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-3443-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3443-1

CVE-2017-14106

Severity
October 11, 2017

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-gcp/4.10.0-1007.7

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