[USN-1671-1] Linux kernel vulnerability

Severity Medium

CVEs 3

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Dmitry Monakhov reported a race condition flaw the Linux ext4 filesystem
that can expose stale data. An unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to
cause an information leak. (CVE-2012-4508)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of new hot-plugged
memory. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a
denial of service by crashing the system. (CVE-2012-5517)

An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel's /dev/dvb device. A
local user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from the
kernel's stack memory. (CVE-2013-1928)

ID

USN-1671-1

Severity

medium

Severity from

CVE-2013-1928

URL

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1671-1

Published