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Canonical Livepatch Service update – December 2016

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on 21 December 2016

This article was last updated 4 years ago.


The following kernel security vulnerabilities were addressed through live patches on Ubuntu – to ensure you have the fixes, either install at ubuntu.com/livepatch or update to newest kernel and reboot.

Linux kernel vulnerability

7th December 2016 (LSN-0014-1)

Details:

  • A race condition in the af_packet implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
  • A race condition in the Adaptec AAC RAID controller driver in the Linux kernel when handling ioctl()s. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). A use-after-free condition could occur in the TCP retransmit queue handling code in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Linux kernel vulnerability

30th November 2016 (LSN-0013-1)

Details:

  • The keyring interface in the Linux kernel contained a buffer overflow when displaying timeout events via the /proc/keys interface. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
  • A use-after-free vulnerability during error processing in the recvmmsg(2) implementation in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
  • The driver for Areca RAID Controllers in the Linux kernel did not properly validate control messages. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges.
  • A stack-based buffer overflow in the Broadcom IEEE802.11n FullMAC driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges.

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Linux kernel vulnerability

20th October 2016 (LSN-0012-1)

Details:

  • An unbounded recursion in the VLAN and TEB Generic Receive Offload (GRO) processing implementations in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a stack corruption, leading to a denial of service (system crash).
  • It was discovered that a race condition existed in the memory manager of the Linux kernel when handling copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges.

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