Advisory Published

USN-2181-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities

First published: Sat Apr 26 2014(Updated: )

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) subsystem of the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the host OS. (CVE-2014-0049) Al Viro discovered an error in how CIFS in the Linux kernel handles uncached write operations. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, or possibly gain privileges. (CVE-2014-0069)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/linux-image-3.5.0-241-omap4<3.5.0-241.57
3.5.0-241.57
=13.10

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