1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2748-1

USN-2748-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Publication date

28 September 2015

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Releases

Packages

Details

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md (multiple
device) driver when the bitmap_info.file is disabled. A local privileged
attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel.
(CVE-2015-5697)

Marc-André Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly
release the userspace provided log file descriptor. A privileged attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion).
(CVE-2015-6252)

Benjamin Randazzo discovered an information leak in the md (multiple
device) driver when the bitmap_info.file is disabled. A local privileged
attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information from the kernel.
(CVE-2015-5697)

Marc-André Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly
release the userspace provided log file descriptor. A privileged attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion).
(CVE-2015-6252)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty linux-image-3.13.0-65-generic –  3.13.0-65.105
linux-image-3.13.0-65-generic-lpae –  3.13.0-65.105
linux-image-3.13.0-65-lowlatency –  3.13.0-65.105
linux-image-3.13.0-65-powerpc-e500 –  3.13.0-65.105
linux-image-3.13.0-65-powerpc-e500mc –  3.13.0-65.105
linux-image-3.13.0-65-powerpc-smp –  3.13.0-65.105
linux-image-3.13.0-65-powerpc64-emb –  3.13.0-65.105
linux-image-3.13.0-65-powerpc64-smp –  3.13.0-65.105

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