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==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2871-2
January 19, 2016
linux-lts-vivid vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Software Description:
- linux-lts-vivid: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Vivid
Details:
Yevgeny Pats discovered that the session keyring implementation in the
Linux kernel did not properly reference count when joining an existing
session keyring. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with
administrative privileges.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
linux-image-3.19.0-47-generic 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
linux-image-3.19.0-47-generic-lpae 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
linux-image-3.19.0-47-lowlatency 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
linux-image-3.19.0-47-powerpc-e500mc 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
linux-image-3.19.0-47-powerpc-smp 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
linux-image-3.19.0-47-powerpc64-emb 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
linux-image-3.19.0-47-powerpc64-smp 3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
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-2871-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2871-1
CVE-2016-0728
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-vivid/3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1
