Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3206-1
21st February, 2017
linux, linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Software description
- linux
– Linux kernel - linux-ti-omap4
– Linux kernel for OMAP4
Details
It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the block
device layer of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause
a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative
privileges. (CVE-2016-7910)
Dmitry Vyukov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the
sys_ioprio_get() function in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain
administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-7911)
Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the DCCP
implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative
privileges. (CVE-2017-6074)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
linux-image-3.2.0-1501-omap4
3.2.0-1501.128
- linux-image-powerpc-smp 3.2.0.123.138
-
linux-image-3.2.0-123-powerpc64-smp
3.2.0-123.166
-
linux-image-3.2.0-123-generic-pae
3.2.0-123.166
-
linux-image-3.2.0-123-highbank
3.2.0-123.166
-
linux-image-3.2.0-123-generic
3.2.0-123.166
- linux-image-omap4 3.2.0.1501.96
-
linux-image-3.2.0-123-virtual
3.2.0-123.166
- linux-image-generic 3.2.0.123.138
- linux-image-generic-pae 3.2.0.123.138
- linux-image-highbank 3.2.0.123.138
-
linux-image-3.2.0-123-powerpc-smp
3.2.0-123.166
- linux-image-virtual 3.2.0.123.138
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp 3.2.0.123.138
- linux-image-omap 3.2.0.123.138
-
linux-image-3.2.0-123-omap
3.2.0-123.166
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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.