USN-3264-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3264-1
24th April, 2017
linux vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.
Software description
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
Alexander Popov discovered that a race condition existed in the Stream
Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation in the Linux kernel. 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 14.04 LTS:
- linux-image-powerpc-smp 3.13.0.117.127
- linux-image-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0.117.127
- linux-image-3.13.0-117-generic-lpae 3.13.0-117.164
- linux-image-3.13.0-117-lowlatency 3.13.0-117.164
- linux-image-generic 3.13.0.117.127
- linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc-e500mc 3.13.0-117.164
- linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0-117.164
- linux-image-powerpc-e500 3.13.0.117.127
- linux-image-powerpc64-smp 3.13.0.117.127
- linux-image-generic-lpae 3.13.0.117.127
- linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc-e500 3.13.0-117.164
- linux-image-3.13.0-117-generic 3.13.0-117.164
- linux-image-lowlatency 3.13.0.117.127
- linux-image-3.13.0-117-powerpc-smp 3.13.0-117.164
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/2pZZ3g9