Ubuntu alert USN-2733-1 (linux-lts-trusty)
| From: | Steve Beattie <steve.beattie@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-2733-1] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability | |
| Date: | Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:46:02 -0700 | |
| Message-ID: | <20150903224602.GH30355@nxnw.org> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2733-1 September 03, 2015 linux-lts-trusty vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - linux-lts-trusty: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty Details: It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI generic (sg) driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with write permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.13.0-63-generic 3.13.0-63.104~precise1 linux-image-3.13.0-63-generic-lpae 3.13.0-63.104~precise1 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-2733-1 CVE-2015-5707 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-trusty/3.1... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...