Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2525-1

12th March, 2015

linux vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary

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

Software description

• linux - Linux kernel

Details

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not
properly sanitize its input parameters while registering memory regions
from userspace. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service (system crash) or to potentially gain administrative privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

linux-image-2.6.32-73-lpia 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-powerpc64-smp 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-generic-pae 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-sparc64 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-generic 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-virtual 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-ia64 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-powerpc-smp 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-versatile 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-386 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-powerpc 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-server 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-sparc64-smp 2.6.32-73.141

linux-image-2.6.32-73-preempt 2.6.32-73.141

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.

References

CVE-2014-8159