[USN-1971-1] Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity Medium

CVEs 2

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Vince Weaver discovered a flaw in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel on
ARM platforms. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain privileges or
cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2013-4254)

A memory leak was discovered in the user namespace facility of the Linux
kernel. A local user could cause a denial of service (memory consumption)
via the CLONE_NEWUSER unshare call. (CVE-2013-4205)

ID

USN-1971-1

Severity

medium

Severity from

CVE-2013-4254

URL

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1971-1

Published

2013-09-27T12:42:28
(11 years ago)

Modified

2013-09-27T12:42:28
(11 years ago)

Other Advisories

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