USN-3445-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3445-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Eyal Itkin discovered that the IP over IEEE 1394 FireWire implementation in the Linux...

USN-3313-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability

USN-3313-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.10. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the trace subsystem in the Linux kernel. A...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability (USN-2806-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2806-1 advisory. Ben Serebrin discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly catch Alignment Check exceptions. An attacker in a guest virtu...