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Posted on 20 December 2012
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1679-1
December 20, 2012
linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 11.10
Summary:
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software Description:
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4
Details:
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of new hot-plugged
memory. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service by crashing the system.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 11.10:
linux-image-3.0.0-1219-omap4 3.0.0-1219.32
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-1679-1
CVE-2012-5517
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.0.0-1219.32
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