USN-2374-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• linux - Linux kernel

Details

Ben Hawkes reported some off by one errors for report descriptors in the
Linux kernel's HID stack. A physically proximate attacker could exploit
these flaws to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a
specially crafted device. (CVE-2014-3184)

Several bounds check flaws allowing for buffer overflows were discovered in
the Linux kernel's Whiteheat USB serial driver. A physically proximate
attacker could exploit these flaws to cause a denial of service (system
crash) via a specially crafted device. (CVE-2014-3185)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's UDF filesystem (used on some
CD-ROMs and DVDs) when processing indirect ICBs. An attacker who can cause
CD, DVD or image file with a specially crafted inode to be mounted can
cause a denial of service (infinite loop or stack consumption).
(CVE-2014-6410)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04

• linux-image-2.6.32-67-powerpc - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-386 - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-sparc64 - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-generic-pae - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-preempt - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-lpia - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-sparc64-smp - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-powerpc64-smp - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-versatile - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-generic - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-ia64 - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-server - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-powerpc-smp - 2.6.32-67.134
• linux-image-2.6.32-67-virtual - 2.6.32-67.134

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.

References

• CVE-2014-3184
• CVE-2014-3185
• CVE-2014-6410

Related notices

• USN-2378-1: linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic-lpae, linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic, linux-lts-trusty
• USN-2376-1: linux-image-3.2.0-70-generic, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-70-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-70-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-70-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-70-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-70-omap, linux-image-3.2.0-70-generic-pae
• USN-2375-1: linux-image-2.6.32-371-ec2, linux-ec2
• USN-2377-1: linux-image-3.2.0-1455-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
• USN-2379-1: linux-image-3.13.0-37-powerpc64-emb, linux-image-extra-3.13.0-37-generic, linux, linux-image-3.13.0-37-powerpc-e500mc, linux-image-3.13.0-37-powerpc-e500, linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic, linux-image-3.13.0-37-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-37-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.13.0-37-lowlatency, linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic-lpae