USN-1972-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
27 September 2013
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Releases
Packages
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
Vince Weaver discovered a flaw in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel on
ARM platforms. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain privileges or
cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-4254)
A failure to validate block numbers was discovered in the Linux kernel's
implementation of the XFS filesystem. A local user can cause a denial of
service (system crash) if they can mount, or cause to be mounted a
corrupted or special crafted XFS filesystem. (CVE-2013-1819)
An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel when reading
broadcast messages from the notify_policy interface of the IPSec
key_socket. A local user could exploit this flaw to examine potentially
sensitive information in kernel memory.
(CVE-2013-2237)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.10
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linux-image-3.5.0-41-powerpc-smp
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3.5.0-41.64
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linux-image-3.5.0-41-omap
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3.5.0-41.64
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linux-image-3.5.0-41-generic
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3.5.0-41.64
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linux-image-3.5.0-41-highbank
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3.5.0-41.64
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linux-image-3.5.0-41-powerpc64-smp
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3.5.0-41.64
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.