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USN-1775-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

22 March 2013

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

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Details

A flaw was reported in the permission checks done by the Linux kernel for
/dev/cpu/*/msr. A local root user with all capabilities dropped could
exploit this flaw to execute code with full root capabilities.
(CVE-2013-0268)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernels handling of memory ranges with
PROT_NONE when transparent hugepages are in use. An unprivileged local user
could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash the system).
(CVE-2013-0309)

A flaw was discovered on the Linux kernel's VFAT filesystem driver when a
disk is mounted with the utf8 option (this is the default on Ubuntu). On a
system where disks/images can be auto-mounted or a FAT filesystem is
mounted an unprivileged user can exploit the flaw to gain root privileges.
(CVE-2013-1773)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-1767-1: linux-image-3.2.0-39-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-39-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-39-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-39-highbank, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-39-powerpc64-smp
  • USN-1781-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.2.0-1427-omap4
  • USN-1769-1: linux-image-3.5.0-26-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-26-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-26-highbank, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-26-omap
  • USN-1776-1: linux-image-2.6.32-351-ec2, linux-ec2
  • USN-1774-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.5.0-221-omap4
  • USN-1756-1: linux-image-3.0.0-32-powerpc, linux-image-3.0.0-32-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-32-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-32-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-32-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-32-server, linux-image-3.0.0-32-omap, linux-image-3.0.0-32-virtual, linux
  • USN-1768-1: linux-lts-quantal, linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic
  • USN-1760-1: linux-image-3.0.0-32-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-32-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-32-server, linux-image-3.0.0-32-virtual, linux-lts-backport-oneiric
  • USN-1778-1: linux-image-3.0.0-1222-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
  • USN-1648-1: linux-image-3.0.0-28-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-28-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-28-server, linux-image-3.0.0-28-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-28-omap, linux-image-3.0.0-28-powerpc64-smp, linux, linux-image-3.0.0-28-virtual, linux-image-3.0.0-28-powerpc
  • USN-1644-1: linux-image-3.2.0-34-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-34-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic, linux-image-3.2.0-34-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-34-omap, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-34-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-34-generic-pae
  • USN-1649-1: linux-image-3.0.0-1218-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
  • USN-1645-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.2.0-1422-omap4
  • USN-1646-1: linux-image-3.5.0-19-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-19-powerpc64-smp, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-19-generic, linux-image-3.5.0-19-highbank, linux-image-3.5.0-19-powerpc-smp
  • USN-1647-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-3.5.0-215-omap4
  • USN-1652-1: linux-image-3.0.0-28-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-28-server, linux-image-3.0.0-28-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-28-virtual, linux-lts-backport-oneiric

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