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Posted on 23 March 2013
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1778-1
March 22, 2013
linux-ti-omap4 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-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4
Details:
Andrew Jones discovered a flaw with the xen_iret function in Linux kernel=
's
Xen virtualizeation. In the 32-bit Xen paravirt platform an unprivileged
guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash=
the system) or gain guest OS privilege. (CVE-2013-0228)
A flaw was reported in the permission checks done by the Linux kernel for=
/dev/cpu/*/msr. A local root user with all capabilities dropped could
exploit this flaw to execute code with full root capabilities.
(CVE-2013-0268)
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's vhost driver used to accelera=
te
guest networking in KVM based virtual machines. A privileged guest user
could exploit this flaw to crash the host system. (CVE-2013-0311)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth stack
when HIDP (Human Interface Device Protocol) support is enabled. A local
unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause an information leak fr=
om
the kernel. (CVE-2013-0349)
A flaw was discovered on the Linux kernel's VFAT filesystem driver when a=
disk is mounted with the utf8 option (this is the default on Ubuntu). On =
a
system where disks/images can be auto-mounted or a FAT filesystem is
mounted an unprivileged user can exploit the flaw to gain root privileges=
=2E
(CVE-2013-1773)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 11.10:
linux-image-3.0.0-1222-omap4 3.0.0-1222.36
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-1778-1
CVE-2013-0228, CVE-2013-0268, CVE-2013-0311, CVE-2013-0349,
CVE-2013-1773
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.0.0-1222.36
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