Ubuntu 13.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1974-1)

Vince Weaver discovered a flaw in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel on ARM platforms. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain privileges or cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2013-4254 A memory leak was discovered in the user namespace facility of the Linux kernel. A local user...

USN-1974-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Vince Weaver discovered a flaw in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel on ARM platforms. A local user could exploit this flaw to gain privileges or cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2013-4254 A memory leak was discovered in the user namespace facility of the Linux kernel. A local user...