USN-1725-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• linux - Linux kernel

Details

Andrew Cooper of Citrix reported a Xen stack corruption in the Linux
kernel. An unprivileged user in a 32bit PVOPS guest can cause the guest
kernel to crash, or operate erroneously.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04

• linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc-smp - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-ia64 - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-lpia - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-preempt - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-sparc64-smp - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-virtual - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-sparc64 - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic-pae - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-server - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-386 - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc64-smp - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-versatile - 2.6.32-45.103

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-0190

Related notices

• USN-1767-1
• USN-1719-1
• USN-1769-1
• USN-1728-1
• USN-1774-1
• USN-1768-1
• USN-1720-1