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- USN-1422-1
USN-1422-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
First published: Thu Apr 12 2012(Updated: )
Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the Linux kernel. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system causing a denial of service. (CVE-2011-4347) Stephan Bärwolf discovered a flaw in the KVM (kernel-based virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged user can crash use this flaw to crash VMs causing a deny of service. (CVE-2012-0045) H. Peter Anvin reported a flaw in the Linux kernel that could crash the system. A local user could exploit this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2012-1097) A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's cgroups subset. A local attacker could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2012-1146)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-14-generic | <2.6.38-14.58 | 2.6.38-14.58 |
| =11.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-14-powerpc-smp | <2.6.38-14.58 | 2.6.38-14.58 |
| =11.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-14-virtual | <2.6.38-14.58 | 2.6.38-14.58 |
| =11.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-14-omap | <2.6.38-14.58 | 2.6.38-14.58 |
| =11.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-14-server | <2.6.38-14.58 | 2.6.38-14.58 |
| =11.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-14-generic-pae | <2.6.38-14.58 | 2.6.38-14.58 |
| =11.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-14-powerpc | <2.6.38-14.58 | 2.6.38-14.58 |
| =11.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-14-powerpc64-smp | <2.6.38-14.58 | 2.6.38-14.58 |
| =11.04 | ||
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/linux-image-2.6.38-14-versatile | <2.6.38-14.58 | 2.6.38-14.58 |
| =11.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1097
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0045
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4347
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1146
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1440-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1421-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1425-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1433-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1446-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1431-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1426-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1458-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/2.6.38-14.58
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1422-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/title
- agent/type
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- anchor-related/USN-1440-1
- anchor-related/USN-1421-1
- anchor-related/USN-1425-1
- anchor-related/USN-1433-1
- anchor-related/USN-1446-1
- anchor-related/USN-1431-1
- anchor-related/USN-1426-1
- anchor-related/USN-1458-1
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/11.04