USN-1725-1: Linux kernel vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• linux - Linux kernel

Details

Andrew Cooper of Citrix reported a Xen stack corruption in the Linux
kernel. An unprivileged user in a 32bit PVOPS guest can cause the guest
kernel to crash, or operate erroneously.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04

• linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc-smp - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-ia64 - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-lpia - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-preempt - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-sparc64-smp - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-virtual - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-sparc64 - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-generic-pae - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-server - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-386 - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-powerpc64-smp - 2.6.32-45.103
• linux-image-2.6.32-45-versatile - 2.6.32-45.103

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

References

• CVE-2013-0190

Related notices

• USN-1767-1: linux-image-3.2.0-39-virtual, linux-image-3.2.0-39-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-39-omap, linux, linux-image-3.2.0-39-highbank, linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic-pae, linux-image-3.2.0-39-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.2.0-39-generic
• USN-1719-1: linux-lts-backport-oneiric, linux-image-3.0.0-31-server, linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-31-virtual
• USN-1769-1: linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic, linux, linux-image-3.5.0-26-powerpc-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-26-omap, linux-image-3.5.0-26-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.5.0-26-highbank
• USN-1728-1: linux-image-2.6.32-350-ec2, linux-ec2
• USN-1774-1: linux-image-3.5.0-221-omap4, linux-ti-omap4
• USN-1768-1: linux-lts-quantal, linux-image-3.5.0-26-generic
• USN-1720-1: linux-image-3.0.0-31-virtual, linux-image-3.0.0-31-server, linux, linux-image-3.0.0-31-powerpc64-smp, linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic-pae, linux-image-3.0.0-31-omap, linux-image-3.0.0-31-powerpc, linux-image-3.0.0-31-generic, linux-image-3.0.0-31-powerpc-smp