USN-3129-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3129-1
11th November, 2016
linux vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.10
Summary
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software description
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
Ondrej Kozina discovered that the keyring interface in the Linux kernel
contained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the
/proc/keys interface. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of
service (system crash).
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 16.10:
- linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.8.0.27.36
- linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.8.0.27.36
- linux-image-4.8.0-27-lowlatency 4.8.0-27.29
- linux-image-generic 4.8.0.27.36
- linux-image-generic-lpae 4.8.0.27.36
- linux-image-4.8.0-27-generic-lpae 4.8.0-27.29
- linux-image-powerpc64-emb 4.8.0.27.36
- linux-image-4.8.0-27-powerpc64-emb 4.8.0-27.29
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp 4.8.0.27.36
- linux-image-4.8.0-27-generic 4.8.0-27.29
- linux-image-4.8.0-27-powerpc-e500mc 4.8.0-27.29
- linux-image-lowlatency 4.8.0.27.36
- linux-image-virtual 4.8.0.27.36
- linux-image-4.8.0-27-powerpc-smp 4.8.0-27.29
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.
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.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2fCwePk