Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-947-2)

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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux regression (USN-947-2)

USN-947-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Fixes for CVE-2010-0419 caused failures when using KVM in certain situations. This update reverts that fix until a better solution can be found. We apologize for the inconvenience. It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly handl...

CVE-2009-4271

CVE-2009-4271 affects Linux kernel 2.6.9–2.6.17 on x86_64/amd64. A local unprivileged user can trigger a NULL pointer dereference when a crafted 32-bit process calls mprotect on the Virtual Dynamic Shared Object (VDSO) page, potentially causing a kernel panic (DoS). The issue is tied to memory pr...