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Ubuntu alert USN-1410-1 (linux-ec2)

From:  John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-1410-1] Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerability
Date:  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:57:34 -0700
Message-ID:  <4F71AB2E.10406@canonical.com>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1410-1 March 27, 2012 linux-ec2 vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: The system could be made to crash under certain conditions. Software Description: - linux-ec2: Linux kernel for EC2 Details: Louis Rilling discovered a flaw in Linux kernel's clone command when CLONE_IO is specified. An unprivileged local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: linux-image-2.6.32-344-ec2 2.6.32-344.46 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. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1410-1 CVE-2012-0879 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ec2/2.6.32-344.46 -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


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