Ubuntu Security Notice 1838-1 - An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's perf_events interface. A local user could exploit this flaw to escalate privileges on the system. A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the Broadcom tg3 ethernet driver for the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash the system) or potentially escalate privileges on the system. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1838-1
May 30, 2013
linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.04
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
Software Description:
- linux-ti-omap4: Linux kernel for OMAP4
Details:
An flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's perf_events interface. A local
user could exploit this flaw to escalate privileges on the system.
(CVE-2013-2094)
A buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in the Broadcom tg3 ethernet
driver for the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause
a denial of service (crash the system) or potentially escalate privileges
on the system. (CVE-2013-1929)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04:
linux-image-3.5.0-225-omap4 3.5.0-225.36
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1838-1
CVE-2013-1929, CVE-2013-2094
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ti-omap4/3.5.0-225.36