1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1750-1

USN-1750-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Publication date

26 February 2013

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

Details

Mathias Krause discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages
requesting SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator.

Mathias Krause discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages
requesting SOCK_DIAG_BY_FAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit
this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
12.10 quantal linux-image-3.5.0-25-generic –  3.5.0-25.39
linux-image-3.5.0-25-omap –  3.5.0-25.39
linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc-smp –  3.5.0-25.39
linux-image-3.5.0-25-highbank –  3.5.0-25.39
linux-image-3.5.0-25-powerpc64-smp –  3.5.0-25.39

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