========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3151-3 December 05, 2016 linux-snapdragon vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: The system could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - linux-snapdragon: Linux kernel for Snapdragon Processors Details: Philip Pettersson discovered a race condition in the af_packet implementation in the Linux kernel. A local unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or run arbitrary code with administrative privileges. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: linux-image-4.4.0-1039-snapdragon 4.4.0-1039.43 linux-image-snapdragon 4.4.0.1039.31 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. Unless you manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic, linux-generic-lts-RELEASE, linux-virtual, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically perform this as well. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3151-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3151-1 CVE-2016-8655 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-snapdragon/4.4.0-1039.43