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Posted on 15 July 2016
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3035-1
July 14, 2016
linux vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
Summary:
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
Details:
Jan Stancek discovered that the Linux kernel's memory manager did not
properly handle moving pages mapped by the asynchronous I/O (AIO) ring
buffer to the other nodes. A local attacker could use this to cause a
denial of service (system crash).
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.10:
linux-image-4.2.0-42-generic 4.2.0-42.49
linux-image-4.2.0-42-generic-lpae 4.2.0-42.49
linux-image-4.2.0-42-lowlatency 4.2.0-42.49
linux-image-4.2.0-42-powerpc-e500mc 4.2.0-42.49
linux-image-4.2.0-42-powerpc-smp 4.2.0-42.49
linux-image-4.2.0-42-powerpc64-emb 4.2.0-42.49
linux-image-4.2.0-42-powerpc64-smp 4.2.0-42.49
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:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3035-1
CVE-2016-3070
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/4.2.0-42.49
