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List:       ubuntu-security-announce
Subject:    [USN-2737-1] Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability
From:       Steve Beattie <steve.beattie () canonical ! com>
Date:       2015-09-09 6:32:56
Message-ID: 20150909063256.GK30355 () nxnw ! org
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2737-1
September 09, 2015

linux-lts-vivid 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 or run programs as an administrator.

Software Description:
- linux-lts-vivid: Linux hardware enablement kernel from Vivid

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 14.04 LTS:
  linux-image-3.19.0-28-generic   3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.19.0-28-generic-lpae  3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.19.0-28-lowlatency  3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc-e500mc  3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc-smp  3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc64-emb  3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1
  linux-image-3.19.0-28-powerpc64-smp  3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1

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-2737-1
  CVE-2015-5707

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-vivid/3.19.0-28.30~14.04.1


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