[USN-1440-1] Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
A flaw was found in the Linux's kernels ext4 file system when mounted with
a journal. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2011-4086)
Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device
assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the Linux kernel. A local user
could use this flaw to crash the system causing a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-4347)
Stephan Bärwolf discovered a flaw in the KVM (kernel-based virtual
machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged user can crash
use this flaw to crash VMs causing a deny of service. (CVE-2012-0045)
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's cifs file system. An
unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to crash the system leading
to a denial of service. (CVE-2012-1090)
H. Peter Anvin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel that could crash the
system. A local user could exploit this flaw to crash the system.
(CVE-2012-1097)
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's cgroups subset. A local
attacker could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2012-1146)
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system when mounting a
corrupt filesystem. A user-assisted remote attacker could exploit this flaw
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2100)
Tetsuo Handa reported a flaw in the OOM (out of memory) killer of the Linux
kernel. A local unprivileged user can exploit this flaw to cause system
unstability and denial of services. (CVE-2012-4398)
- ID
- USN-1440-1
- Severity
- high
- Severity from
- CVE-2012-1097
- URL
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1440-1
- Published
-
2012-05-08T07:41:27
(12 years ago) - Modified
-
2012-05-08T07:41:27
(12 years ago) - Other Advisories
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- ALAS-2012-45
- ALAS-2012-55
- ALAS-2013-148
- ALAS-2013-166
- ALAS-2013-233
- ELSA-2012-0107
- ELSA-2012-0149
- ELSA-2012-0350
- ELSA-2012-0481
- ELSA-2012-0571
- ELSA-2012-1445
- ELSA-2012-1580
- ELSA-2012-2003
- ELSA-2012-2007
- ELSA-2012-2008
- ELSA-2012-2013
- ELSA-2012-2014
- ELSA-2012-2048
- ELSA-2013-0223
- ELSA-2013-1348
- ELSA-2013-2503
- FEDORA-2012-0363
- FEDORA-2012-0480
- FEDORA-2012-0492
- FEDORA-2012-0861
- FEDORA-2012-0876
- FEDORA-2012-11348
- FEDORA-2012-12684
- FEDORA-2012-1497
- FEDORA-2012-1503
- FEDORA-2012-17479
- FEDORA-2012-18691
- FEDORA-2012-20240
- FEDORA-2012-2753
- FEDORA-2012-3030
- FEDORA-2012-3350
- FEDORA-2012-3356
- FEDORA-2012-3712
- FEDORA-2012-3715
- FEDORA-2012-4410
- FEDORA-2012-6386
- FEDORA-2012-6406
- FEDORA-2012-7538
- FEDORA-2012-7594
- FEDORA-2012-8359
- FEDORA-2012-8890
- FEDORA-2012-8931
- RHSA-2012:0350
- RHSA-2012:0481
- RHSA-2012:0571
- RHSA-2012:1580
- RHSA-2013:0223
- SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1
- SUSE-SU-2015:0581-1
- SUSE-SU-2015:0652-1
- SUSE-SU-2015:0736-1
- SUSE-SU-2015:1174-1
- SUSE-SU-2015:1376-1
- USN-1384-1
- USN-1388-1
- USN-1389-1
- USN-1404-1
- USN-1405-1
- USN-1421-1
- USN-1422-1
- USN-1425-1
- USN-1426-1
- USN-1431-1
- USN-1432-1
- USN-1433-1
- USN-1445-1
- USN-1446-1
- USN-1453-1
- USN-1454-1
- USN-1458-1
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