USN-3404-2 linux-hwe vulnerability

USN-3404-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. A reference count bug was discovered in the Linux kernel ipx protocol stack. A local attacker...

Medium: cups

Issue Overview: A string reference count bug was found in cupsd, causing premature freeing of string objects. An attacker can submit a malicious print job that exploits this flaw to dismantle ACLs protecting privileged operations, allowing a replacement configuration file to be uploaded which in...

kernel: ipc: ipc_rcu_putref refcount races

A flaw was found in the way the ipcrcuputref function in the Linux kernel's IPC implementation handled reference counter decrementing. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger an Out of Memory OOM condition and, potentially, crash the system...

UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4483

The ipcrcuputref function in ipc/util.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 does not properly manage a reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory consumption or system crash via a crafted application...