Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3050-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 3050-1 – Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux netfilter implementation did not correctly perform validation when handling IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE events. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. Vitaly Kuznetsov discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly suppress hugetlbfs support in X86 paravirtualized guests. An attacker in the guest Various other issues were also addressed.

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