[USN-2564-1] Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities

[John Johansen]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2564-1
April 09, 2015

linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-lts-utopic: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Utopic

Details:

An integer overflow was discovered in the stack randomization feature of
the Linux kernel on 64 bit platforms. A local attacker could exploit this
flaw to bypass the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) protection
mechanism. (CVE-2015-1593)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux Kernel's handling of
userspace configuration of the link layer control (LLC). A local user could
exploit this flaw to read data from other sysctl settings. (CVE-2015-2041)

An information leak was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles setting
the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) settings. A local user could exploit
this flaw to read data from other sysctl settings. (CVE-2015-2042)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.16.0-34-generic   3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.16.0-34-generic-lpae  3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.16.0-34-lowlatency  3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.16.0-34-powerpc-e500mc  3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.16.0-34-powerpc-smp  3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.16.0-34-powerpc64-emb  3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.16.0-34-powerpc64-smp  3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1

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. 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-2564-1
  CVE-2015-1593, CVE-2015-2041, CVE-2015-2042

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-utopic/3.16.0-34.45~14.04.1


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