[USN-2314-1] Linux kernel vulnerability
John Johansen
john.johansen at canonical.com
Wed Aug 13 10:59:34 UTC 2014
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2314-1
August 13, 2014
linux 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 under certain conditions.
Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel
Details:
An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's audit subsystem when auditing
certain syscalls. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain
potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a
denial of service (OOPS).
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
linux-image-3.13.0-33-generic 3.13.0-33.58
linux-image-3.13.0-33-generic-lpae 3.13.0-33.58
linux-image-3.13.0-33-lowlatency 3.13.0-33.58
linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-e500 3.13.0-33.58
linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0-33.58
linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc-smp 3.13.0-33.58
linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc64-emb 3.13.0-33.58
linux-image-3.13.0-33-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0-33.58
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-2314-1
CVE-2014-3917
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-33.58
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