Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2731-1
3rd September, 2015
linux vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
The system could be made to expose sensitive information.
Software description
- linux
– Linux kernel
Details
Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md (multiple
device) driver when the bitmap_info.file is disabled. A local privileged
attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
linux-image-3.2.0-90-powerpc64-smp
3.2.0-90.128
-
linux-image-3.2.0-90-powerpc-smp
3.2.0-90.128
-
linux-image-3.2.0-90-generic-pae
3.2.0-90.128
-
linux-image-3.2.0-90-virtual
3.2.0-90.128
-
linux-image-3.2.0-90-highbank
3.2.0-90.128
-
linux-image-3.2.0-90-omap
3.2.0-90.128
-
linux-image-3.2.0-90-generic
3.2.0-90.128
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. 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.