USN-3676-2 linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities

USN-3676-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3676-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 filesystem that caused a denial of service system crash when mounted. CVE-2018-1092, CVE-2018-1093 It...