USN-3151-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3151-1

5th December, 2016

linux vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Software description

• linux - Linux kernel

Details

Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the af_packet
implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use
this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or run arbitrary code with
administrative privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

linux-image-powerpc-smp 4.4.0.53.56

linux-image-4.4.0-53-generic 4.4.0-53.74

linux-image-4.4.0-53-generic-lpae 4.4.0-53.74

linux-image-generic 4.4.0.53.56

linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 4.4.0.53.56

linux-image-lowlatency 4.4.0.53.56

linux-image-4.4.0-53-lowlatency 4.4.0-53.74

linux-image-4.4.0-53-powerpc-smp 4.4.0-53.74

linux-image-powerpc64-smp 4.4.0.53.56

linux-image-generic-lpae 4.4.0.53.56

linux-image-4.4.0-53-powerpc64-emb 4.4.0-53.74

linux-image-4.4.0-53-powerpc64-smp 4.4.0-53.74

linux-image-powerpc64-emb 4.4.0.53.56

linux-image-4.4.0-53-powerpc-e500mc 4.4.0-53.74

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

CVE-2016-8655

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2gdJlsg