Ubuntu alert USN-2661-1 (linux-ti-omap4)

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John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com> 
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com 
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[USN-2661-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability 
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Tue, 07 Jul 2015 02:37:50 -0700
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2661-1
July 07, 2015

linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to expose sensitive information to local
applications.

Software Description:
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4

Details:

A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's file_handle size
verification. A local user could exploit this flaw to read potentially
sensative memory locations.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.2.0-1467-omap4    3.2.0-1467.88

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-2661-1
  CVE-2015-1420

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0...


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