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List:       ubuntu-security-announce
Subject:    [USN-2716-1] Linux kernel vulnerability
From:       John Johansen <john.johansen () canonical ! com>
Date:       2015-08-18 1:08:16
Message-ID: 55D28580.6050809 () canonical ! com
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2716-1
August 18, 2015

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

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux: Linux kernel

Details:

Marcelo Ricardo Leitner discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's
SCTP address configuration lists when using Address Configuration Change
(ASCONF) options on a socket. An unprivileged local user could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.13.0-62-generic   3.13.0-62.102
  linux-image-3.13.0-62-generic-lpae  3.13.0-62.102
  linux-image-3.13.0-62-lowlatency  3.13.0-62.102
  linux-image-3.13.0-62-powerpc-e500  3.13.0-62.102
  linux-image-3.13.0-62-powerpc-e500mc  3.13.0-62.102
  linux-image-3.13.0-62-powerpc-smp  3.13.0-62.102
  linux-image-3.13.0-62-powerpc64-emb  3.13.0-62.102
  linux-image-3.13.0-62-powerpc64-smp  3.13.0-62.102

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-2716-1
  CVE-2015-3212

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.13.0-62.102



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