Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2970-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2970-1 advisory. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. A...

USN-2968-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Aiptek Tablet USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the endpoints reported by the device. An attacker with physical access could cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2015-7515 Ben Hawkes discovered that the Linux kernel's AIO...