Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3168-2)

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USN-3168-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

USN-3168-1 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 LTS. Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not...

USN-3168-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize the Code Segment CS in certain error cases. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information kernel memory. CVE-2016-9756 Andrey Konovalov discovered that signed integer overflows...

Race condition

Race condition in the netlinkdump function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service double free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation...

CVE-2016-9806

Race condition in the netlinkdump function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service double free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation...

CVE-2016-9806

Race condition in the netlinkdump function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service double free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation...

CVE-2016-9806: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

Race condition in the netlinkdump function in net/netlink/afnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service double free or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation...

Linux Kernel Local Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-12027)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the netlinkdump file in the Linux kernel. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a local denial of service...

CVE-2016-9806

A double free vulnerability was found in netlinkdump, which could cause a denial of service or possibly other unspecified impact. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is unlikely...