First published: Fri Jan 13 2012(Updated: )
Han-Wen Nienhuys reported a flaw in the FUSE kernel module. A local user who can mount a FUSE file system could cause a denial of service.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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All of | ||
ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-1209-omap4 | <2.6.38-1209.20 | 2.6.38-1209.20 |
Ubuntu gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 | =11.04 |
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USN-1329-1 describes a denial of service vulnerability in the FUSE kernel module.
To mitigate USN-1329-1, upgrade to linux-image-2.6.38-1209.20 or later.
The vulnerability in USN-1329-1 was reported by Han-Wen Nienhuys.
USN-1329-1 affects Ubuntu 11.04 installations running the specific kernel version listed.
Exploiting USN-1329-1 could allow a local user to trigger a denial of service condition.