[USN-1415-1] Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerability

[John Johansen]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1415-1
April 03, 2012

linux-mvl-dove vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.10

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux-mvl-dove: Linux kernel for DOVE

Details:

Louis Rilling discovered a flaw in Linux kernel's clone command when
CLONE_IO is specified. An unprivileged local user could exploit this to
cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 10.10:
  linux-image-2.6.32-423-dove     2.6.32-423.42

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 automatically
perform this as well.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1415-1
  CVE-2012-0879

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-mvl-dove/2.6.32-423.42

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