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USN-1404-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability

27 March 2012

The system could be made to deny services if it received specially crafted local area network traffic.

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Details

Somnath Kotur discovered an error in the Linux kernel's VLAN (virtual lan)
and be2net drivers. An attacker on the local network could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3347)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system when mounting a
corrupt filesystem. A user-assisted remote attacker could exploit this flaw
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2100)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.10

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.

Related notices

  • USN-1409-1: linux-image-3.0.0-17-virtual, linux-image-3.0.0-17-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-17-generic, linux-lts-backport-oneiric, linux-image-3.0.0-17-server
  • USN-1412-1: linux-image-3.0.0-17-virtual, linux-image-3.0.0-17-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-17-powerpc, linux, linux-image-3.0.0-17-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-17-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-17-server, linux-image-3.0.0-17-omap, linux-image-3.0.0-17-powerpc64-smp
  • USN-1440-1: linux-image-2.6.38-15-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.38-15-generic, linux-image-2.6.38-15-virtual, linux-image-2.6.38-15-server, linux-lts-backport-natty
  • USN-1405-1: linux-image-3.0.0-16-server, linux-image-3.0.0-16-generic, linux, linux-image-3.0.0-16-omap, linux-image-3.0.0-16-powerpc, linux-image-3.0.0-16-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-16-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-16-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-16-virtual
  • USN-1388-1: linux-ec2, linux-image-2.6.32-343-ec2
  • USN-1384-1: linux-image-3.0.0-16-server, linux-image-3.0.0-16-generic, linux-lts-backport-oneiric, linux-image-3.0.0-16-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-16-virtual
  • USN-1432-1: linux-image-2.6.38-15-generic-pae, linux, linux-image-2.6.38-15-generic, linux-image-2.6.38-15-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.38-15-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.38-15-virtual, linux-image-2.6.38-15-omap, linux-image-2.6.38-15-server, linux-image-2.6.38-15-versatile, linux-image-2.6.38-15-powerpc
  • USN-1389-1: linux-image-2.6.32-39-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.32-39-lpia, linux, linux-image-2.6.32-39-sparc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-39-versatile, linux-image-2.6.32-39-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-39-386, linux-image-2.6.32-39-generic, linux-image-2.6.32-39-sparc64, linux-image-2.6.32-39-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.32-39-ia64, linux-image-2.6.32-39-virtual, linux-image-2.6.32-39-server, linux-image-2.6.32-39-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.32-39-preempt
  • USN-1458-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-2.6.38-1209-omap4