Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Aristide Fattori and Roberto Paleari reported a flaw in the Linux kernel’s handling of IPv4 icmp packets. A remote user could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1927)
6 March 2012
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Aristide Fattori and Roberto Paleari reported a flaw in the Linux kernel’s handling of IPv4 icmp packets. A remote user could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-1927)
Dan Rosenberg reported an error in the old ABI compatibility layer of ARM kernels. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges. (CVE-2011-1759)
Ben Hutchings reported a flaw in the kernel’s handling of corrupt LDM partitions. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges. (CVE-2011-2182)
The linux kernel did not properly account for PTE pages when deciding which task to kill in out of memory conditions. A local, unprivileged could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2498)
A flaw was discovered in the TOMOYO LSM’s handling of mount system calls. An unprivileged user could oops the system causing a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2518)
A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel’s AppArmor security interface when invalid information was written to it. An unprivileged local user could use this to cause a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2011-3619)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
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