USN-2114-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
18 February 2014
linux vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.10
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Software Description
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
Vasily Kulikov reported a flaw in the Linux kernel’s implementation of ptrace. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2013-2929)
A flaw in the handling of memory regions of the kernel virtual machine (KVM) subsystem was discovered. A local user with the ability to assign a device could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). (CVE-2013-4592)
Nico Golde and Fabian Yamaguchi reported a flaw in the Linux kernel’s debugfs filesystem. An administrative local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2013-6378)
Nico Golde and Fabian Yamaguchi reported a flaw in the driver for Adaptec AACRAID scsi raid devices in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly other unspecified impact. (CVE-2013-6380)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 12.10
- linux-image-3.5.0-46-generic - 3.5.0-46.70
- linux-image-3.5.0-46-highbank - 3.5.0-46.70
- linux-image-3.5.0-46-omap - 3.5.0-46.70
- linux-image-3.5.0-46-powerpc-smp - 3.5.0-46.70
- linux-image-3.5.0-46-powerpc64-smp - 3.5.0-46.70
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.