USN-2463-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
13 January 2015
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Releases
Packages
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
A race condition with MMIO and PIO transactions in the KVM (Kernel Virtual
Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel was discovered. A guest OS user
could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a
specially crafted application. (CVE-2014-7842)
The KVM (kernel virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel
miscalculates the number of memory pages during the handling of a mapping
failure. A guest OS user could exploit this to cause a denial of service
(host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by
leveraging guest OS privileges. (CVE-2014-8369)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
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linux-image-3.2.0-75-generic-pae
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3.2.0-75.110
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linux-image-3.2.0-75-powerpc64-smp
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3.2.0-75.110
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linux-image-3.2.0-75-virtual
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3.2.0-75.110
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linux-image-3.2.0-75-omap
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3.2.0-75.110
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linux-image-3.2.0-75-generic
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3.2.0-75.110
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linux-image-3.2.0-75-powerpc-smp
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3.2.0-75.110
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linux-image-3.2.0-75-highbank
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3.2.0-75.110
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.