USN-2042-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2042-1

3rd December, 2013

linux-lts-saucy vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software description

• linux-lts-saucy - Linux hardware enablement kernel from Saucy

Details

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's dm snapshot facility. A remote

authenticated user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information

or modify/corrupt data. (CVE-2013-4299)

Hannes Frederic Sowa discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's UDP

Fragmenttation Offload (UFO). An unprivileged local user could exploit this

flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain

administrative privileges. (CVE-2013-4470)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

linux-image-3.11.0-14-generic 3.11.0-14.21~precise1

linux-image-3.11.0-14-generic-lpae 3.11.0-14.21~precise1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

CVE-2013-4299, CVE-2013-4470

via Ubuntu Security Notices http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2042-1/