Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3754-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3754-1 advisory. Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta block groups. An attacker with physical access...

USN-3485-3: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ALSA subsystem of the Linux kernel when creating and deleting a port via ioctl. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-15265 Eric Biggers discovered that the key...