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USN-1330-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

13 January 2012

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

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Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS filesystem. A local attacker
could exploit this to cause a kernel oops. (CVE-2011-2203)

A bug was discovered in the XFS filesystem's handling of pathnames. A local
attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of
service, or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4077)

A flaw was found in how the Linux kernel handles user-defined key types. An
unprivileged local user could exploit this to crash the system.
(CVE-2011-4110)

A flaw was found in the Journaling Block Device (JBD). A local attacker
able to mount ext3 or ext4 file systems could exploit this to crash the
system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4132)

Clement Lecigne discovered a bug in the HFS file system bounds checking.
When a malformed HFS file system is mounted a local user could crash the
system or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-4330)

Chen Haogang discovered an integer overflow that could result in memory
corruption. A local unprivileged user could use this to crash the system.
(CVE-2012-0044)

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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.

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  • USN-1337-1: linux-lts-backport-natty, linux-image-2.6.38-13-server, linux-image-2.6.38-13-virtual, linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic-pae, linux-image-2.6.38-13-generic
  • USN-1341-1: linux-image-2.6.35-32-powerpc-smp, linux-image-2.6.35-32-omap, linux-image-2.6.35-32-powerpc, linux-image-2.6.35-32-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-2.6.35-32-virtual, linux-image-2.6.35-32-server, linux-image-2.6.35-32-generic, linux-image-2.6.35-32-versatile, linux, linux-image-2.6.35-32-generic-pae
  • USN-1340-1: linux-image-3.0.0-15-server, linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-15-virtual, linux-lts-backport-oneiric, linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic-pae
  • USN-1332-1: linux-image-2.6.35-32-virtual, linux-image-2.6.35-32-server, linux-image-2.6.35-32-generic, linux-lts-backport-maverick, linux-image-2.6.35-32-generic-pae
  • USN-1328-1: linux-image-2.6.32-422-dove, linux-mvl-dove
  • USN-1325-1: linux-ti-omap4, linux-image-2.6.35-903-omap4
  • USN-1336-1: linux-image-3.0.0-15-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-15-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-15-server, linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-15-virtual, linux-image-3.0.0-15-powerpc, linux, linux-image-3.0.0-15-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-15-omap
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