============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2235-1 June 05, 2014 linux vulnerabilities ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the kernel. Software Description: - linux: Linux kernel Details: Pinkie Pie discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's futex subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2014-3153) A flaw was discovered in the vhost-net subsystem of the Linux kernel. Guest OS users could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash). (CVE-2014-0055) Sasha Levin reported a bug in the Linux kernel's virtual memory management subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3122) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: linux-image-3.2.0-64-generic 3.2.0-64.97 linux-image-3.2.0-64-generic-pae 3.2.0-64.97 linux-image-3.2.0-64-highbank 3.2.0-64.97 linux-image-3.2.0-64-omap 3.2.0-64.97 linux-image-3.2.0-64-powerpc-smp 3.2.0-64.97 linux-image-3.2.0-64-powerpc64-smp 3.2.0-64.97 linux-image-3.2.0-64-virtual 3.2.0-64.97 After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2235-1 CVE-2014-0055, CVE-2014-3122, CVE-2014-3153 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-64.97