Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2446-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2446-1 advisory. Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment SS register in the x86 architecture. A...

USN-2441-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine KVM paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the...