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[USN-3169-2] Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity Medium
Affected Packages 8
CVEs 3
Info Packages Vulnerabilities

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

USN-3169-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux
Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu
14.04 LTS.

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel
did not properly initialize the Code Segment (CS) in certain error cases. A
local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel
memory). (CVE-2016-9756)

Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows existed in the
setsockopt() system call when handling the SO_SNDBUFFORCE and
SO_RCVBUFFORCE options. A local attacker with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability
could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory
corruption). (CVE-2016-9793)

Baozeng Ding discovered a race condition that could lead to a use-after-
free in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsystem of the Linux
kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(system crash). (CVE-2016-9794)

Package Affected Version
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-extra-4.4.0-59-generic?distro=trusty < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc64-smp?distro=trusty < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc64-emb?distro=trusty < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc-smp?distro=trusty < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc-e500mc?distro=trusty < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-lowlatency?distro=trusty < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic?distro=trusty < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic-lpae?distro=trusty < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
ID
USN-3169-2
Severity
medium
URL
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3169-2
Published
2017-01-11T08:07:53
(7 years ago)
Modified
2017-01-11T08:07:53
(7 years ago)
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-extra-4.4.0-59-generic?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-extra-4.4.0-59-generic < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc64-smp?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc64-smp < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc64-emb?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc64-emb < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc-smp?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc-smp < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc-e500mc?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-4.4.0-59-powerpc-e500mc < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-lowlatency?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-4.4.0-59-lowlatency < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1 trusty
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic-lpae?distro=trusty ubuntu linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic-lpae < 4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1 trusty
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