Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1572-1

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Ben Hutchings reported a flaw in the Linux kernel with some network drivers that support TSO (TCP segment offload). A local or peer user could exploit this flaw to to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3412) Jay Fenlason and Doug Ledford discovered a bug in the Linux kernel implementation of RDS sockets. A local unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to read privileged information from the kernel. (CVE-2012-3430) A flaw was discovered in the madvise feature of the Linux kernel's memory subsystem. An unprivileged local use could exploit the flaw to cause a denial of service (crash the system). (CVE-2012-3511)

linux on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-September/001829.html

---

Updated on 2015-03-25