USN-2685-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
24 July 2015
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Releases
Packages
- linux - Linux kernel
Details
A flaw was discovered in the kvm (kernel virtual machine) subsystem's
kvm_apic_has_events function. A unprivileged local user could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2015-4692)
A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP
checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums.
(CVE-2015-5364)
A flaw was discovered in how the Linux kernel handles invalid UDP
checksums. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service against
applications that use epoll by injecting a single packet with an invalid
checksum. (CVE-2015-5366)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10
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linux-image-3.16.0-44-generic-lpae
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3.16.0-44.59
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linux-image-3.16.0-44-lowlatency
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3.16.0-44.59
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linux-image-3.16.0-44-powerpc-e500mc
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3.16.0-44.59
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linux-image-3.16.0-44-powerpc-smp
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3.16.0-44.59
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linux-image-3.16.0-44-powerpc64-smp
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3.16.0-44.59
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linux-image-3.16.0-44-generic
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3.16.0-44.59
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linux-image-3.16.0-44-powerpc64-emb
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3.16.0-44.59
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.