USN-1749-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerability

Mathias Krause discovered a bounds checking error for netlink messages requesting SOCKDIAGBYFAMILY. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to crash the system or run programs as an administrator...

USN-1743-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerability

Suleiman Souhlal, Salman Qazi, Aaron Durbin and Michael Davidson discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's ptrace syscall. An unprivileged local attacker could exploit this flaw to run programs as an administrator. CVE-2013-0871 A flaw was discovered in the Edgeort USB serial converter...

USN-1704-2: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) regression

USN-1704-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated regression inotify/fanotify stopped working after upgrading. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Brad Spengler discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's uname system...