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[USN-1322-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Posted on 09 January 2012
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1322-1
January 09, 2012

linux vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS filesystem. A local attacker
could exploit this to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2011-2203)

A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A loc=
al
attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of
service, or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4077)

Nick Bowler discovered the kernel GHASH message digest algorithm
incorrectly handled error conditions. A local attacker could exploit this=

to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2011-4081)

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel handles user-defined key types. =
An
unprivileged local user could exploit this to crash the system.
(CVE-2011-4110)

A flaw was found in the Journaling Block Device (JBD). A local attacker
able to mount ext3 or ext4 file systems could exploit this to crash the
system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4132)

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS file system bounds checking.
When a malformed HFS file system is mounted a local user could crash the
system or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4330)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 11.10:
linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic 3.0.0-15.25
linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic-pae 3.0.0-15.25
linux-image-3.0.0-15-omap 3.0.0-15.25
linux-image-3.0.0-15-powerpc 3.0.0-15.25
linux-image-3.0.0-15-powerpc-smp 3.0.0-15.25
linux-image-3.0.0-15-powerpc64-smp 3.0.0-15.25
linux-image-3.0.0-15-server 3.0.0-15.25
linux-image-3.0.0-15-virtual 3.0.0-15.25

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. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic=
,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automaticall=
y
perform this as well.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1322-1
CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4077, CVE-2011-4081, CVE-2011-4110,
CVE-2011-4132, CVE-2011-4330

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.0.0-15.25


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